Lenny 'Nails' Dykstra

gosteelers

Anybody see this yet? Stock picker, extraordinaire!

Nails

BobaFett72

steroid user, extraordinaire!

"Richard Suttmeier, a Wall Street vet accused by Forbes of doing baseball vet-turned-stockpicker Lenny Dykstra's work for him, offers up a lengthy response, which we're reprinting below. The short version: Sure, I help him screen stocks -- but he makes the picks himself.

We're not taking sides here, but the nice thing about Suttmeier's response is that it conforms exactly to Forbes' story, which wondered why so many Lenny's picks (in his newsletter, not his column for TheStreet.com (TSCM)) also appeared in Suttmeier's own newsletter. And it also wondered why Lenny allegedly asked a magazine publisher to help him pay Suttmeier a consulting fee. The only difference: Suttmeier says his assistance is above board and not unusual in any way, and Forbes suggests that it's untoward in some way. You make the call."

billwaltonsbeard

I saw a story about this on HBO's Real Sports a while back. It was pretty interesting. Dykstra still seems dumb as a stump, but apparently he has a knack for picking stocks.

MajorDanby

here's a great article on nails from the new yorker. really shows the temperament of the guy

new yorker article on dykstra

jrinck

"So did you hear about this? Former major league baseball player Lenny Dykstra is now one of the top stock pickers on Wall Street. Who knew? And in an unrelated story, a German research study has shown that chimpanzees who were given steroids were ten times as likely to pick the winning case on Deal or No Deal."

jayhawke

Shouldn't he be washing or detailing a car? He use to own a few washes in CA.

HighChopper

He's got a terrible lisp.