I used to be a huge fan of this guy back in the days. The 1993 Phillies club is still one of the best I ever remember watching as a young kid, but Lenny has lost his marbles recently. First drug possessions, then car theft and bankruptcy fraud, and now indecent exposure. He needs a good doctor and a hug ASAP: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6896893/lenny-dykstra-charged-indecent-exposure-los-angeles

When I saw this topic, I thought it was gonna be announcing his death via suicide or something.



Really sad what's happened to him. That expose on HBO's Real Sports was depressing. I was watching it when my wife walked in the room. She has no idea who he is, but asked me if he was retarded or brain damaged just from the way he talked (no joke).

From what I've gathered, he got lucky in the stock market, but didn't really have a grasp of what he was doing. He was making tons of money for himself and others, riding a hot streak. Then when things took a turn, he panicked and lost everything.



He's been on a downward spiral ever since then. He was a helluva player back in the day.

And Dutch Dalton is crazier than a sh*thouse rat!!

Yea, I believed he toned it down a bit in order to get some broadcast work, but for awhile there, Dutch was spouting off to anyone that would listen and really sounded like a loon.

Sad to hear this. When I collected baseball cards back in the day I had a lot of his cards and he was a favorite of mine (of course I was more of collecting fan than a fan of the sport).

Both Dalton and Dykstra took too many roids for sure. I loved Dykstra's hard-nosed style of play.

I'm going through my old baseball cards trying to figure out if I'm going to sell them (leaning towards no, too many memories of my collecting days) and I came accross one of the most memorable cards I collected featuring Dykstra (with former team mate Dale Murphy):

Pssst...That's Dale Murphy with Lenny, not Dutch.

Must be my malaria acting up again.

DB, I think I have that card too! I don't even know what section of the attic my cards are in, but I might have to dig it out one of these days.

Not surprised about Dykstra. I remember reading a profile on him in ESPN magazine a few years ago. This was before he'd really hit the skids, and even then he came across as brain damaged and unstable. He was still trying to live "big time" even though it was obvious he didn't have the resources to maintain his lifestyle.
This concussion thing with Justin Morneau- (he's started having symptoms again over a year after the fact- I think he might be done) make me wonder about guys like Dykstra and Daulton. Concussions, drugs, and steroids or some combination of the above really seemed to have taken their toll. I think somebody like Morneau might be wise to call it a day before he ends up like that, hopefully he's got enough money already. Very sad.

That's nuts.

I had almost forgotten Murphy played for the phils. That seems eons ago...