Lenny Dykstra, who once starred in center field for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Dykstra, 46, retired in 1996.
It's another one of those "how did this happen" stories. As a major league baseball player, Lenny Dykstra should have been sent for life. Yet here he is filing for Ch. 11.
Lenny Dykstra had a career .285 average with 81 home runs during a 12-year Major League career. He helped the Mets to the World Series championship in 1986 and finished second in the National League MVP voting in 1993 (with Philadelphia). That same year, the Phillies lost in the World Series to Toronto.
According to Bloomberg News, Lenny Dykstra, in the bankruptcy filing said he owes JPMorgan Chase & Co. $12.9 million and Bank of America Corp.’s Countrywide and credit-card units a combined $4.2 million.
In April, Lenny Dykstra told ESPN he was worth $60 million. Yeah, right. Of course, in that same story ESPN said he was swamped with lawsuits.
The scrappy old center fielder, remembered as "Nails" by adoring Mets and Phillies fans, is chasing money, lots of it -- "cheddar," as it's called in his SoCal lingo. Without being asked, the self-styled investment master -- who, at this moment, is up to his thick neck in lawsuits -- volunteers that he's worth $60 million.
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