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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

How much sadder does this get?

This much sadder, at least:

http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=716&Lot_No=82286
http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=716&Lot_No=82287

[dgwphotography]

A more complete list:
http://sports.ha.com/common/search_items.php?txtSearch=lenny+dykstra&hdnSearch=true&chkSupplies=

[TransMonk]

I guess I was unaware that individual players got a WS trophy. I thought it was just a ring for each player and a trophy to the team.

If I had a few thousand bucks lying around I would be one of the assholes bidding on this crap.

[Gwreck]

It's a "mini" trophy. Height 12 inches. Somebody else's was up for sale recently, too, I think.

Provenance on the Dykstra stuff, per the auction's offical catalog:

THE LENNY DYKSTRA COLLECTION He�s one of the most fascinating fi gures in modern sports, a scrappy lead-off hitter for the 1986 World Champion New York Mets and 1993 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies remembered for clutch hits, bench-clearing brawls and a bulging cheek of chewing tobacco. Who could have imagined that, upon his 1996 retirement from baseball, the most intriguing chapter of Lenny Dykstra�s life was only beginning? As of last year, the man they called �Nails� had amassed a massive personal stock portfolio, served as president of a chain of car washes and a real estate development company, and had recently founded a high-end jet charter service geared toward professional athletes known as The Player�s Club. On the popular television investment program �Mad Money,� Jim Cramer touted him as a legend in the field, calling him �one of the great ones.� It appeared that this former jock was actually a financial genius. Then the bottom fell out. Now the defendant in a slew of legal actions, Dykstra has seen his nine-figure empire evaporate, filing bankruptcy for protection from creditors. The treasures of his baseball career were among the last to go, and they are presented here in the lots that follow. The Lenny Dykstra Collection is consigned to Heritage by Yossi Dina, known as �the Pawnbroker to the Rich and Famous.� The proprietor of South Beverly Wilshire Jewelry and Loan, Dina has been amassing for over twenty-five years a treasure trove of rare gems, priceless antiques and fine original art from forfeited loans as well as from his years of acquiring some of the highest quality and rare collectibles from the personal Estates of internationally prominent families and celebrities. Now one of the many creditors unable to assess repayment of a loan made to Lenny Dykstra, he has employed the services of Heritage Auction Galleries to recoup the funds through the sale of this collection.

[metirish]

Keith shows off his two mini WS trophies in the video I linked earlier.

[Guest themetfairy]

Keith shows off his two mini WS trophies in the video I linked earlier.[/quote:1tjf2dwz]

Yes - if you hadn't said that I was going to.

[dgwphotography]

The worst part is that Mrs. DGW has a Phillies jersey in her closet because of this tool...

[Guest Edgy DC]

If that's the worst part for you, than you got off OK. Unfortunately, other people have been hurt much more deeply than that.