Three Strikes For Nails
by Todd Sweet
Just over a year ago I read a great profile of former major league baseball player Lenny Dykstra in The New Yorker titled, "Nails Never Fails." The article described the unlikely financial empire built by the scrappy player. Today I read on ESPN that "Nails" just filed for bankruptcy.
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. [...]
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.
