I prefer not to write about such stories…but sometimes there’s something I can’t ignore if I am going to have a reliable blog.
U.S. prosecutors Friday charged famed baseball outfielder Lenny Dykstra with bankruptcy fraud.
According to a statement by prosecutors, Dykstra was taken into custody at his Encino home Thursday night.
via Lenny Dykstra arrested, facing bankruptcy fraud charges [Updated] | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times.
I’ll leave the news part to others and just focus on emotion here.
I remember the skinny “kid” who showed up on Monday Night Baseball one night and was immediately a fan favorite.
I remember the pain of hearing he had been dealt for Juan Samuel.
I remember the frustration of watching him flirt with .400 for a while in Philly.]
I’m sad to hear the news of another 1986 “hero” being unable to stay out of the bad side of the newspapers.
I blame the Phillies. Young Lenny was a, fine, upstanding citizen, until he went to Philadelphia.
Of course, I offer no proof, but, he was with the Phillies longer than the Mets. So, they’re fans should suffer the grief.
don’t blame the phillies.
he was not exactly a poster boy with the mets.
going to philidelphia seemed like a “lets move him him outta here” instead of a trade to help the mets at that time.
Lenny, Doc, Straw and LT. Man, my heros of yesteryear are always in some sh#t. Thank God for Pat Ewing and Phil Simms (except for the Gold Club, and trying to fight Desmond Howard).
hello buck eye
i feel for you. i was between the ages of 11 and 15 i was a teenager in love with my “miracle mets” and the ya gotta believe mets.
im glad i was anadult during the ’86 mets crazy off field drama and public made personal issues.
just like the saying goes…”a hero aint’nothing but a sandwich”
Chris,
Thanks; in a way, i’m kind of glad I was a kid then; in today’s world, that team would’ve been killed on the interwebs.