Dykstra files for Chapter 11

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  1. Pavlus53

    Pavlus53 Member

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    I thought I heard Dykstra on WFAN with Mike not that long ago. He and Mike made it sound like he was doing very well financially.

    I guess not.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4313487

    NEW YORK -- Lenny Dykstra, the former star center fielder for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court records show.

    Dykstra, 46, has no more than $50,000 in assets and between $10 million and $50 million in liabilities, according to a petition filed Tuesday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Central District of California.

    Jonathan Hayes, one of Dykstra's lawyers, had no immediate comment.

    Dykstra's filing comes in the wake of some 20 lawsuits he faces tied to his activities as a financial entrepreneur, including The Players Club, a glossy magazine he had helped launch, according to published reports.

    The bankruptcy petition shows several banks among Dykstra's largest unsecured creditors, including units of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp.

    Known as "Nails" and "The Dude," Dykstra played for 12 years with the Mets and the Phillies before retiring in 1996 with a lifetime .285 batting average and 81 home runs.

    He won a World Series with the Mets in 1986, and with the Phillies was runner-up in the National League MVP voting in 1993. The Phillies lost the World Series that year.
     
  2. Dierking

    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    Traded for Juan Samuel, and now this.
     
  3. GQMartin

    GQMartin Go 'Cuse

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    Wow...there was an episode of Real Sports on HBO about Lenny Dykstra. He had a looot of money from playings stocks. He had a Mayback and all that shit...
     
  4. 17a_tailgater

    17a_tailgater Active Member

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    he had planes car washes bought gretzky's house. bet with his wife Nailed her too
     
  5. Miamipuck

    Miamipuck New Member

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    LOL did any of you ever read the ESPN article on this cocksucker? He is a lying thieving piece of shit ........... Couldn't of happened to a bigger asshole.
     
  6. jets&rushfan

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    I guarantee he has plenty of cash stashed away in a safe in his house or with relatives, no way he is down to his last 50G
     

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