Lenny Dykstra - Financial Genius

[BH]

How much longer will this go on before Dykstra eats one of those handguns that Oleg's so opposed to?  Death Pool, anybody?

Probably more likely that he'll break into Oleg's house and Oleg will defend his shoebox of money with some laughs and a grilled cheese sandwich.

[Oleg]

How much longer will this go on before Dykstra eats one of those handguns that Oleg's so opposed to?  Death Pool, anybody?

Probably more likely that he'll break into Oleg's house and Oleg will defend his shoebox of money with some laughs and a grilled cheese sandwich.

Note to self: Use different shoebox.

[R-V]

Update time!

One wall held a framed poster from Dykstra's days with the Philadelphia Phillies, his cheeks characteristically bulging with tobacco chaw. Against another wall leaned a Sotheby's real estate sign, sullied with specks of fresh dirt.

Dykstra, nicknamed " Nails" by baseball fans for his tough style of play, said he uprooted the for-sale sign from the front lawn of his Thousand Oaks mansion. It had been staked there at the direction of court officials overseeing his bankruptcy case. Then, Dykstra said, he changed the locks to the neo-Georgian home and threw a victory party there to celebrate what he saw as his reclamation of the $17.4-million showplace, bought from hockey star Wayne Gretzky in 2007, at the top of the housing bubble.

"If you [mess] with Nails," Dykstra said, nodding at the sign, knife still in hand, "you get the hammer."

[PenPho]

And...another UPDATE.

Lenny Dykstra was arrested Thursday night at his Encino, Calif., home and charged by U.S. prosecutors with bankruptcy fraud. Here's the press release from authorities:
Dykstra was arrested last night by the Los Angeles Police Department and remains in LAPD custody on charges unrelated to the bankruptcy fraud case.

Lenny Kyle Dykstra, 48, who is currently residing in Encino, was named in a one-count criminal complaint filed Wednesday that accuses Dykstra of one count of embezzling from a bankruptcy estate.

[PenPho]

How could this story get even better?

By having Charlie Sheen front the money to bail Nails out of jail.

[Gilgamesh]

How could this story get even better?

By having Charlie Sheen front the money to bail Nails out of jail.

That's four years of UofI journalism school there.

[Saul Goodman]

Here we go again.

[BH]

Now he's going to fight Jose Canseco.

[Brownie]

Nails is a free agent in the California Penal League.

[CT III]

Bump for more '93 Phillies shenanigans.

Turns out, Rhode Island is in the Curt Schilling business, and business is not exactly booming.

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/05/18/facebook-curt-schilling-denies-paid-himself-back-with-money-thanks-supporters-ailing-studios-video-game-company/EnqdY2flmq0Bf55m4YvdRM/story.html

Maybe Inky can get him a couple of shifts at the wash.

[CT III]

Bump for more '93 Phillies shenanigans.

Turns out, Rhode Island is in the Curt Schilling business, and business is not exactly booming.

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/05/18/facebook-curt-schilling-denies-paid-himself-back-with-money-thanks-supporters-ailing-studios-video-game-company/EnqdY2flmq0Bf55m4YvdRM/story.html

Maybe Inky can get him a couple of shifts at the wash.

Bumped again, because Schilling is apparently broke.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-exmlb-star-schilling-says-hes-tapped-out-baseball-fortune-gone-20120622,0,3669681.story

[PenPho]

Bump for more '93 Phillies shenanigans.

Turns out, Rhode Island is in the Curt Schilling business, and business is not exactly booming.

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/05/18/facebook-curt-schilling-denies-paid-himself-back-with-money-thanks-supporters-ailing-studios-video-game-company/EnqdY2flmq0Bf55m4YvdRM/story.html

Maybe Inky can get him a couple of shifts at the wash.

Bumped again, because Schilling is apparently broke.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-exmlb-star-schilling-says-hes-tapped-out-baseball-fortune-gone-20120622,0,3669681.story

Despite the $50 million claim in the article, B-R puts Schilling's career earnings at just over $114 million. 

Granted, he tried to legitimately do something with his money, but this is Antoine Walker/Allen Iverson-level blowout here. 

[Gilgamesh]

Bump for more '93 Phillies shenanigans.

Turns out, Rhode Island is in the Curt Schilling business, and business is not exactly booming.

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012/05/18/facebook-curt-schilling-denies-paid-himself-back-with-money-thanks-supporters-ailing-studios-video-game-company/EnqdY2flmq0Bf55m4YvdRM/story.html

Maybe Inky can get him a couple of shifts at the wash.

Bumped again, because Schilling is apparently broke.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-exmlb-star-schilling-says-hes-tapped-out-baseball-fortune-gone-20120622,0,3669681.story

Despite the $50 million claim in the article, B-R puts Schilling's career earnings at just over $114 million. 

Granted, he tried to legitimately do something with his money, but this is Antoine Walker/Allen Iverson-level blowout here. 

His money? 

But the former power pitcher also placed blame on Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and other state officials, which attracted the firm to relocate from Massachusetts to Providence, R.I., in 2010 with a $75 million loan guarantee.

Just another smart conservative taking money from the state like some common socialist.

[Brownie]

Despite the $50 million claim in the article, B-R puts Schilling's career earnings at just over $114 million. 

He said he saved over $50MM. And besides he did have to pay his agent and taxes, federal and state in high-tax jurisdictions like Massachusetts, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

His money? 

But the former power pitcher also placed blame on Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and other state officials, which attracted the firm to relocate from Massachusetts to Providence, R.I., in 2010 with a $75 million loan guarantee.

Just another smart conservative taking money from the state like some common socialist.

He's working in his best interest. A $75MM loan guarantee? If it dropped in his lap, why not? Do you blame Soriano for signing his huge contract or the Cubs for offering it to him?

But really, all of what you said and CT and PenPho. And fuck Curt Schilling.

[Brownie]

But really, what Gil said. And this.