Dickstra

[Edgy MD]

Amazingly, somebody gave Len Dykstra a contract to produce a new book.

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More amazingly, advance publicity makes it sound worse than Bad Stuff 'Bout the Mets, as far as a litany of petty backstabbing bullshit.

Davey Johnson: "... lucky manager," "drunk every night and frequently hung over just enough the next day to not always know what was going on," "worst communicator I’ve ever been associated with in baseball ... ."

Mookie Wilson: " ... terrible breath. I’m talking death fumes."

George Foster: "... human Xanax."

Kevin McReynolds: "... honest-to-God redneck .... hated baseball."

Gregg Jefferies: " ... losing player, not to mention a whiny little bitch."

Look at that sub-title. What resurrection? When you've lost or sold everything, in the end, you've still got your friends. Dykstra's apparently decided to sell them too.

I trust that if I look up Ron Darling, I'll learn that he "steal Lenny's soap and he no give back." I mean, halitosis. For fuck's sake.

I hope a lot of somebodies lose their shirts over this.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So, how much of a completionist are you? Will you be getting a copy of this book?

[Edgy MD]

If I can find it for free, maybe.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Actually, in a similar vein, I once used to feel obligated, in a way, to buy any Mets book that was published. I guess I was enjoying the bounty that came along in the mid 80s after about a decade when the Mets got very little attention. I read If At First. A Dream Season. Bats. Rookie. And then Lenny Dykstra's book, Nails, came along. That's the one that broke the spell. I realized that no amount of team loyalty would convince me to read a book that was "written" by Lenny Dykstra. After that I had the freedom to be more selective.

[Guest d'Kong76]

My guess is this will available for a quarter on eBay in the not too
distant future...

Kevin Mitchell: " ... clipped his toenails on the plane, and ate them."

[Lefty Specialist]

Gregg Jefferies: " ... losing player, not to mention a whiny little bitch."

Well, at least he's not 100% wrong.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Edgy MD wrote: If I can find it for free, maybe.

Library!


I'll pass on Lenny. Mostly because my package from Amazon arrived last week with a very glorious book. Or, should I say, an update to a very glorious book!

[Edgy MD]

I don't know if that bit about Jefferies true or not, but if you're going to write a dicky book, at least deviate from the prevailing narrative. At least add to it. Tell me about Jefferies' porn collection. Tell me that he missed the toilet when he peed. Really, is there a whinier personality in baseball than Dykstra?

Lenny "wrote" an article in the New York Post today to promote the book, recalling the day of his trade to the Mets, how he was 3-3 when Johnson took him out of the game. Of course, that silly thing called the record says he was 1-3.

Why do we want so badly to be bullshitted by obvious scoundrels? When did this come to pass?

[Vic Sage]

Kevin McReynolds: "... honest-to-God redneck .... hated baseball."

hmm, tempting...

[Lefty Specialist]

Edgy MD wrote: I don't know if that bit about Jefferies true or not, but if you're going to write a dicky book, at least deviate from the prevailing narrative. At least add to it Tell me about Jefferies' porn collection. Tell me that he missed the toilet when peed. Really, is there a whinier personality in baseball than Dykstra? Lenny "wrote" an article in the New York Post today to promote the book, recalling the day of his trade to the Mets, how he was 3-3 when Johnson took him out of the game. Of course, that silly thing called the record says he was 1-3. Why do we want so badly to be bullshitted by obvious scoundrels? When did this come to pass?

Ooh! Ooh! I know this!!!

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Actually, in a similar vein, I once used to feel obligated, in a way, to buy any Mets book that was published. I guess I was enjoying the bounty that came along in the mid 80s after about a decade when the Mets got very little attention. I read If At First. A Dream Season. Bats. Rookie. And then Lenny Dykstra's book, Nails, came along. That's the one that broke the spell. I realized that no amount of team loyalty would convince me to read a book that was "written" by Lenny Dykstra. After that I had the freedom to be more selective.

If you read Nails at just the right angle, you actually get a surprisingly useful accounting of the 1986 season as reported by Marty Noble.

You also get the sense that you should probably keep your distance from Lenny Dykstra for the next several decades.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

In the late 1980s, Dykstra appeared at a baseball card show and I had him sign my Mets book. I asked him to write "Nails" under his name. He misspelled it. Seriously. He realized it and tried to correct it. Then he sheepishly skid the book back over the table.

[Guest cooby]

Gregg Jefferies: " ... losing player, not to mention a whiny little bitch." Well, at least he's not 100% wrong.

Though it could apply to dykstra too.

I borrowed a copy of Nails to read right after I read Gary Carter's book about the same summer.

Dykstra complained about a rain out over the course of about three paragraphs containing several expletives.

Gary said 'that night we were rained out so we tried it again the next day' or something to that effect.

I swore off any future dykstra endeavors at that point too.

Also never really liked him as a player. Seemed like a total dickhead and for once I judged a character correctly.

[Edgy MD]

It was the fake diving catches that made him transparent. On every running catch, he just didn't bother taking the last step and he essentially caught the ball and fell down.

[soupcan]

Lenny was just on Howard Stern this morning promoting his book.

He's a complete trainwreck - surprise!

Apparently he has no teeth, he is very hard to understand as he mumbles and speaks very softly. Sounded like he was drunk or high but swearing he was sober and has been for years. Really had nothing interesting to say.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I think he has the drain bamage you sometimes hear about with
chronic abusers. Like Edge said in the first post, it's amazing that
someone sat down with him and inked a book deal.

Funny he talks about Mookie's breath, every time you saw him he
had a big wad in his mouth... I'm sure he was no walk in a rose
garden up close...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Did I dream this, or is he Meadow Soprano's father-in-law?

[Guest d'Kong76]

He is indeed!

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's good to know. I'd hate to think I was having dreams about Lenny Dykstra and Meadow Soprano.

[Guest cooby]

I remember Suzan wyman calling him a bucket of lust once. Yuck

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Randy Niemann: "Takes home clubhouse meals in Tupperware. EVERY meal. The old-fashioned kind, too, so the smell stays, ya know?"

Ed Lynch: "Mixes laundry coloreds and whites like he was a desegregationist."

Dave Magadan: "Talks to his food. Like, 'Hey, bagel, you're looking good enough to eat! HA! No, really, though, you look nice.' And here's the thing-- it almost always ended in an argument."

[RealityChuck]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Actually, in a similar vein, I once used to feel obligated, in a way, to buy any Mets book that was published. I guess I was enjoying the bounty that came along in the mid 80s after about a decade when the Mets got very little attention. I read If At First. A Dream Season. Bats. Rookie. And then Lenny Dykstra's book, Nails, came along. That's the one that broke the spell. I realized that no amount of team loyalty would convince me to read a book that was "written" by Lenny Dykstra. After that I had the freedom to be more selective.

Just curious, but did you read The Wrong Season?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes! I checked it out of my elementary school library when I was in fifth grade!

I think of that book from time to time and it's one I'd love to reread. Thanks for reminding me about it! I'm going to order a copy today!

[Centerfield]

You just wait until my tell-all comes out about the CPF.

Edgy MD: Eats everyone's food out of the fridge. Can't even leave ketchup packets around.

Frayed Knot: Constantly playing Lite FM at loud volumes. Like how much Jefferson Starship can one man listen to?

LWFS: I swear he empties an entire bottle of Bartolo Cologne on his head every day. Can smell him 2 offices down.

[Edgy MD]

Just noticed a cover blurb from Stephen King.

[Edgy MD]

You just wait until my tell-all comes out about the CPF. Edgy MD: Eats everyone's food out of the fridge. Can't even leave ketchup packets around. Frayed Knot: Constantly playing Lite FM at loud volumes. Like how much Jefferson Starship can one man listen to? LWFS: I swear he empties an entire bottle of Bartolo Cologne on his head every day. Can smell him 2 offices down.

Lefty Specialist: Everywhere he could, he hung up these folksy one-word inspirational signs he would get at Home Goods:

BELIEVE!

LOVE!

I mean, for fuck's sake.

[soupcan]

Edgy MD wrote: Just noticed a cover blurb from Stephen King.

He talked about that. He said he 'Pearl-Harbored' King to get the quote. Went to his house with the book and badgered him to read it and give him a quote.

Lenny used the phrase 'Pearl-Harbored' maybe 4 different times in the interview to describe surprising or sneaking up on someone.

[soupcan]

If you're interested and dont have SiriusXM, you can listen to a few 'highlights' here:

LENNY DYKSTRA: GREAT AT BASEBALL, EVEN BETTER AT PLEASING WOMEN

[Edgy MD]

Millions of Mets fans are well aware of Lenny Dykstra's athleticism, but the former All-Pro center fielder says his true talent is pleasing a woman.

I didn't even know he played football.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Someone should do a movie! We'll call it Lenny Legend. A comedic
documentary. It's gold I tell ya. My idea, so I want 10% of the gross.