The last couple years have not been going, as they say, so good for Lenny Dykstra. He got thrown out of his house (but not before ripping out the bathroom fixtures and pissing on the wall), he filed for bankruptcy (representing himself in court, natch), and his former friend, Jim Cramer, who nominated the guy for chairman of the Federal Reserve turned, his back when times got tough. We never stopped hoping that things would get better for Nails, though. And it apparently, they have. Way better.

After living “like Gandhi, out of a bag,” Dykstra has somehow managed to land himself a 12th-story penthouse in Westwood. It’s there that he “plots a financial comeback,” the specifics of which of yet to be banged out but may include hawking old photos on Craigslist and working as a phone sex operator. He’s also said to have “several” projects planned, including bringing back the Players Club magazine, spends a lot of time “chugging Red Bull,” and has a personal assistant named Destiny. The best news, though, is that Nails has got his spirit back.

“I have been fighting my whole life,” Dykstra said. “That’s why I have a new theme song, dude, and I am going to play it for you.”

“I want to be a billionaire, so … bad, buy all of the things I never had,” he sang along, loudly and off-key, to the Travie McCoy song “Billionaire,” as it blared from his Bose computer speakers. “I want to be on the cover of Forbes magazine, smiling next to Oprah and the queen.”

Lenny Dykstra Envisions A Comeback [LATimes]

Comments (33)

  1. Posted by Anonymous | October 6, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    What the hell kind of “Forbes” lead story would generate a cover pic of Nails, Oprah and Queen Elizabeth?

  2. Posted by InfiniteGuest | October 6, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    Viva La Vida. Nails has eclectic tastes.

  3. Posted by Jkushner | October 6, 2010 at 4:19 PM

    Bess, you can suck my cock as your bonus for signing

  4. Posted by Dykstra's Left Nut | October 6, 2010 at 4:30 PM

    Having your own theme song and a PA named Destiny is the new killin’-it.

  5. Posted by Guest | October 6, 2010 at 4:35 PM

    What promted you to say that, seeing the piece of Twizzler hanging from Lenny’s mouth?

  6. Posted by Guest | October 6, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    Lenny and Gary Busey (post motorcycle crash) might be my all time favorite people in the whole wide world.

  7. Posted by PasteSpecialFormats | October 6, 2010 at 4:41 PM

    Du Hast by Rammstein, or am I thinking of some other one-hit wonder?

  8. Posted by rt nut | October 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    Fantasizing like a rap star is the NKI

  9. Posted by Lewis Winthorpe III | October 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    Bess, I just want you to sign a contract that’s acceptable to you so you can start yelling at us again in the comments. It’s not the same without your snark.

  10. Posted by Dude | October 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    He should consider fighting Danny Bonaducci for money. Winner gets $100 and a bucket of KFC.

  11. Posted by Dude | October 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    He should consider fighting Danny Bonaducci for money. Winner gets $100 and a bucket of KFC.

  12. Posted by Dude | October 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    He should consider fighting Danny Bonaducci for money. Winner gets $100 and a bucket of KFC.

  13. Posted by FBN editor | October 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    “What prompted you to say that? Seeing the piece of Twizzler hanging from Lenny’s mouth?”

    FBN Editor

  14. Posted by Charlie | October 6, 2010 at 4:50 PM

    “All I do is win win win….no matter what!”

  15. Posted by Charlie | October 6, 2010 at 4:50 PM

    “All I do is win win win….no matter what!”

  16. Posted by Charlie | October 6, 2010 at 4:50 PM

    “All I do is win win win….no matter what!”

  17. Posted by Guest | October 6, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    He can live comfortably off of his MLB pension.

  18. Posted by Guest | October 6, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    He can live comfortably off of his MLB pension.

  19. Posted by Guest | October 6, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    He can live comfortably off of his MLB pension.

  20. Posted by Phaque | October 6, 2010 at 4:52 PM

    Let’s see…the guy walks around his apartment, playing with a butterfly knife, muttering to himself, plotting his fantasy comeback based on a crappy song, drinking lots of Red Bull and he’s lost some teeth. Sorry, is Red Bull the name of a new designer version of Crystal Meth? C’mon, Nails is tweaker.

  21. Posted by Mugatu | October 6, 2010 at 5:25 PM

    Its Dykstra, he’s so HOT right now..

  22. Posted by indridcold | October 6, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    living out of a bag -move back to philly and you’ll feel upper middle class.

  23. Posted by Charlie | October 6, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    Opulence……he doesn’t has it.

  24. Posted by Bottom Bucket | October 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM

    “What was his old theme song” tag FTW

  25. Posted by Bottom Bucket | October 6, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    Apologies in advance…

    In Soviet Russia, Forbes is on the cover of Oprah

  26. Posted by upsidetrader | October 6, 2010 at 6:36 PM

    twisted soul

  27. Posted by Anonymous | October 6, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    I can’t believe anyone trusts Dykstra with their money after seeing what happened when the Phillies trusted him with their baseball team. I think I’d rather drop by John Kruk Financial Management, and the guy has only one testicle.

    http://proposition13.blogspot.com/2010/10/clearwell-systems-chances.html

  28. Posted by Lance A. | October 6, 2010 at 8:32 PM

    Ha – a UniBall! What a loser!

  29. Posted by WorkingClassMan | October 6, 2010 at 8:47 PM

    Actually, he can’t. His ex gets it.

  30. Posted by Danny Bonaduce | October 6, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    You and me Lenny. Three rounds.

  31. Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2010 at 2:11 AM

    I can yell at you people all I want; that comment just didn’t inspire me to lift a finger.

  32. Posted by Anonymous | October 7, 2010 at 3:52 AM

    He should run for office… but make sure he keeps his warlock phase secret. He can say tough policy things like, “I am tough as nails” and “I will cut taxes” and “Let’s take America back” and “a Twizzler in every crackpot” (“Crackpot, crockpot” he will say on Larry King, laughing off his verbal palinclinations).

  33. Posted by Tits McGee | October 7, 2010 at 5:53 AM

    Come on, Kruk is a baller (in the singular)

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