“Dykstra came to visit me on ‘Celebrity Rehab,’” Dwight “Doc” Gooden told WFAN’s Boomer & Carton on Tuesday. “I’ll tell you what, it was crazy. He thought that I had been hypnotized and (Dr. Drew) got me in there and was holding me hostage. He tried to come in with two guys to get me out of there. “So they come in. I’m talking to him, he wanted to talk, ‘Doc, I don’t like this.’ So we go out on the patio, me and him and the two guys are sitting there, we’re talking. “He said, ‘you sure this is what you want?’ I go ‘yeah.’ He goes, ‘I don’t know, I don’t feel good about this … let me take you bags and if you don’t like it, you call me.’ I was like, ‘trust me, I’m cool.’” [CBS]
“Dykstra came to visit me on ‘Celebrity Rehab,’” Dwight “Doc” Gooden told WFAN’s Boomer & Carton on Tuesday. “I’ll tell you what, it was crazy. He thought that I had been hypnotized and (Dr. Drew) got me in there and was holding me hostage. He tried to come in with two guys to get me out of there. “So they come in. I’m talking to him, he wanted to talk, ‘Doc, I don’t like this.’ So we go out on the patio, me and him and the two guys are sitting there, we’re talking. “He said, ‘you sure this is what you want?’ I go ‘yeah.’ He goes, ‘I don’t know, I don’t feel good about this … let me take you bags and if you don’t like it, you call me.’ I was like, ‘trust me, I’m cool.’” [CBS]
Earlier this month, legendary investor** Lenny Dykstra was charged with bankruptcy fraud. His crime? Helping himself to some items from his foreclosed on house and making a little profit off them (“Dykstra allegedly had dozens of items including chandeliers, mirrors, artwork, a stove and a grandfather clock delivered to a consignment store, Uniques, on South Barrington Avenue in West Los Angeles. The owner of the store paid him cash for a U-Haul truckload of goods”). Nails was was held on $150,000 bail for almost a week until his knight in shining armor busted him out of the joint.
Charlie Sheen paid $22,500 to bail former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny “Nails” Dykstra out of jail…Sheen said, “The rendition guilty trolls that kidnapped my dear friend Nails clearly forgot that he’s a fellow Vatican assassin and his best pal is a warlock.” Dykstra has previously come to Sheen’s aid, hiring a top lawyer to negotiate the troubled actor’s return to “Two and a Half Men” after the 45-year-old was fired from the sitcom in March.
Sheen may have had another interest in getting Dykstra out, which is that Nails has been providing him with invaluable financial advice, gratis.
From time to time around these parts, we like to offer some pro-tips for those interviewing at various banks and hedge funds, given that each firm is unique and offers its own kind of curve balls. A successful (lunch) interview at Goldman Sachs, for instance, will require one to order within 30 seconds of the menu hitting the table; at Bridgewater, one must have his/her “views on God and abortion” ready. Today’s tip is for anyone potentially interviewing for a housekeeping job with Lenny Dykstra, who expect a demo of not only your cleaning skills but your skills as a masseur as well.
Bankrupt former MLB star Lenny Dykstra allegedly told a prospective housekeeper he expected her to give him massages – then took all his clothes off and demanded a trial-run. The 48-year-old is now being investigated for lewd conduct after the woman complained to police about the interview at his California mansion.
The unnamed 47-year-old woman…claims when she arrived at the house, thought to be his $18.5million Californian mansion, he told her she would be required to give him massages as well as clean. He then allegedly took all his clothes off and told her he couldn’t hire her until he had tried out her massaging skills.
Though he’s told reporters he’s in the midst of a huge comeback, economically speaking, Lenny Dykstra is still a few paychecks away from getting his $24 million house back from the bank, flying private, paying hookers for services rendered in forms other than the IOU, and taking dates out for a nice steak dinner. As luck would have it, though, last Friday Nails got lucky and after participating in an interview with NBC’s “Sports Final,” got his dinner at the Palm covered, which is apparently a standard arrangement between the restaurant and the station. After hearing that the tab for he and his “attractive blonde” lady friend would be taken care of, LD proceeded to feast like he wasn’t sure when his next meal was coming, ordering two bottles of $150 wine, salads, and surf-and-turn at the table and “crab cakes and assorted desserts” to take back to their room at the Ritz. One would like to say he stopped short of making his date put the silverware in her purse but the scene seems to suggest otherwise. After being handed a bill to sign, Dykstra wrote $200 in the tip section, signed his name, and got out of there, leaving the manager to compensate LD’s waiter.
Some people are suggesting Nails “may not have understood that he was responsible for a tip,” which seems entirely plausible. Or perhaps he thought his server could get 200, easy, for his John Hancock on eBay? Or he maybe he was trying to give Bill Gross a run for his money in the tipping department?
Nails laid it all out on the table during an interview with Howard Eskin, who he last told, “I’m a lightning rod for money; after we’re done talking today when you’re walking to your car you’ll probably find 100 bucks.”
* On JPMorgan, who Nails describes as the criminals who “stole” his money: “I’m going to beat them and show others how to do the same.”
* On Charlie Sheen, and his upcoming career prospects: “I wouldn’t be surprised if you’d see Major League 3, starring Charlie.” [Nails won't act in the flick but will advise Sheen as to how people talk in the locker room.]
* On how he’d do playing ball today: “I couldn’t strike out 185 times if I went up to the plate without a bat.”
* On “all those people laughing and mocking me,” “they’re going to feel it in the backdoor…if you know what I mean.”
If there’s one thing Jim Cramer taught Lenny Dysktra, it’s the value of a good endorsement for a good pal. Several years back Cramer spoke highly of Nails’ investing skills, telling HBO that the former ballplayer didn’t just have a knack for money managing but that he was “one of the greats” in this business. In the ensuing years, Dykstra got thrown out of his house, caught defecating on the floor, had his private planes repossessed, lived in a car and was accused of bouncing a check to a stripper but now he’s doing great, possibly thanks to Jim. In an effort to pay it forward, Dykstra is doing the same for his best bud, Charlie Sheen. Nails told reporters over the weekend that Sheen is “perfect,” among other things.
Lenny Dykstra, who has weathered the storms of scandal himself over the years, but is quick to heap praise on his friend, insisted in an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com that “Charlie is a rock star, he’s perfect, and he’s a f**king genius.”
Dykstra was a guest at Sheen’s major league baseball gathering at his million dollar mansion in Los Angeles last Friday. The Two And A Half Men star had an impressive guest list that included SF Giants pitcher Brian “The Beard” Wilson, Kenny Lofton, Todd Zeile, and Eddie Murray. The athletes all joined Sheen for a private screening of his classic baseball flick Major League.
“I went to his house for the party and it was great!” Dykstra told RadarOnline.com, going on to share that “Charlie is sober and is doing really good.”
In related news, Dykstra also told Radar that he and Chuck are hanging out again this week, when they go house hunting in Beverly Hills for Nails’ new pad.
Hint: his profession prior to money managing made him uniquely qualified to offer commentary on the flick of choice, Major League.
Charlie says he assembled a crew [that included SF Giants pitcher Brian "The Beard" Wilson, Kenny Lofton, Todd Zeile, Eddie Murray, Lenny Dykstra and others] to screen his classic flick, “Major League” … and he even brought in the writer and director, David S. Ward, to give an introduction in Charlie’s private theater.
During the party, Charlie let some of the guys try on Babe Ruth’s 1927 World Series ring … which Sheen purchased at an auction more than a decade ago. Charlie called it, “The ultimate VIP baseball excursion.”
Hint: he’s had more than 900 “on the money calls,” been endorsed as “one of the greats” in this business, shares in Chuck’s love of hookers, and his sleepovers at Sheen’s may have had something to do with the fact that he was throw out of his house.
Troubled actor Charlie Sheen called into the Dan Patrick Show today to discuss his life currently (he’s “clean across the board,”) what he told the UCLA Bruins baseball team (“stay away from the crack…unless you can manage it socially”), and whether he thinks he’s more valuable to CBS than star first baseman Albert Pujols is to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Sheen also said he donated $10,000 to the UCLA baseball team. He described the nervousness he felt taking batting practice in front of major leaguers Milton Bradley, Coco Crisp, Mike Stanton, and Chase Utley (“Holy crap, I gotta hit in front of these guys.”). Also, Lenny Dykstra is a frequent guest at his house.
In related news, we seem to have embarrassingly missed Nails’ 48th birthday, which was last Thursday. Make it up to him with an extra generous gift today.
“Dykstra came to visit me on ‘Celebrity Rehab,’” Dwight “Doc” Gooden told WFAN’s Boomer & Carton on Tuesday. “I’ll tell you what, it was crazy. He thought that I had been hypnotized and (Dr. Drew) got me in there and was holding me hostage. He tried to come in with two guys to get me out of there. “So they come in. I’m talking to him, he wanted to talk, ‘Doc, I don’t like this.’ So we go out on the patio, me and him and the two guys are sitting there, we’re talking. “He said, ‘you sure this is what you want?’ I go ‘yeah.’ He goes, ‘I don’t know, I don’t feel good about this … let me take you bags and if you don’t like it, you call me.’ I was like, ‘trust me, I’m cool.’” [CBS]
