Funny Email I (And Perhaps You) Received From Heritage Auctions
JackWESQ
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As some of you may know, Heritage Auctions is auctioning off a bunch of Lenny Dykstra stuff. I received an email from them that said ...
<< <i>Noted American author F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "There are no second acts in American lives," but the biography of All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra proves the statement false. Dykstra's twelve years in the Major Leagues would contain enough drama and scandal to fill a few hundred pages of text, ranging from walk-off home runs to bench-clearing brawls to allegations of steroid use before such stories became the norm. Who could have imagined this was only a prelude to an even more fascinating tale?
As the story goes, Dykstra was shocked to learn after his retirement that a financial advisor he had entrusted with his investment portfolio had lost a tremendous percentage of his savings. Dykstra vowed that he would no longer play the victim, and immediately launched an educational campaign to learn the intricacies of the financial market for himself. A few years later, Dykstra had created a business empire from his baseball earnings, becoming the most successful post-career jock investor since Ty Cobb. >>
"[M]ost successful post-career jock investor since Ty Cobb"? I guess Heritage Auctions is unaware that Dykstra recently filed for bankruptcy. But beyond that, every successful post-career jock I know of ends up hocking their [World Series] Championship Ring.
/s/ JackWESQ
<< <i>Noted American author F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "There are no second acts in American lives," but the biography of All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra proves the statement false. Dykstra's twelve years in the Major Leagues would contain enough drama and scandal to fill a few hundred pages of text, ranging from walk-off home runs to bench-clearing brawls to allegations of steroid use before such stories became the norm. Who could have imagined this was only a prelude to an even more fascinating tale?
As the story goes, Dykstra was shocked to learn after his retirement that a financial advisor he had entrusted with his investment portfolio had lost a tremendous percentage of his savings. Dykstra vowed that he would no longer play the victim, and immediately launched an educational campaign to learn the intricacies of the financial market for himself. A few years later, Dykstra had created a business empire from his baseball earnings, becoming the most successful post-career jock investor since Ty Cobb. >>
"[M]ost successful post-career jock investor since Ty Cobb"? I guess Heritage Auctions is unaware that Dykstra recently filed for bankruptcy. But beyond that, every successful post-career jock I know of ends up hocking their [World Series] Championship Ring.
/s/ JackWESQ
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<< <i>So he lost that huge house and all of his cars and everything? Or did he just never really own them? >>
He was quoted recently as saying he's living out of a car, so maybe he owns one car.
I still laugh about the time he was signing at a show in Atlantic City and his wife came to the Showboat casino and caught him in a suite with two teenage girls... It was classic!!! He was FUBAR and she was beyond pizzed off. They ended up in a shouting match and I was a on the same floor and had just gotten off the elevator.
<< <i>Someone else owned everything he had. He just used other peoples' money to buy everything. Unfortunately, when the bill came for more than $30,000,000.00, Lenny couldn't convince anyone to "invest" any more money into his "lucrative" and "expanding" business empire. Sorry Lenny, but it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
I still laugh about the time he was signing at a show in Atlantic City and his wife came to the Showboat casino and caught him in a suite with two teenage girls... It was classic!!! He was FUBAR and she was beyond pizzed off. They ended up in a shouting match and I was a on the same floor and had just gotten off the elevator. >>
They didn't call him 'Nails' for nothing...