Former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been in the headlines quite a bit ever since he retired from the game of baseball. Unfortunately for the man they call Nails, all that publicity he gets is generally of the negative variety. I mean, he did start his own magazine, but then that magazine ran into some trouble when Dykstra didn't pay his business partners.Of course, Lenny's business partners aren't the only people he isn't paying apparently, as he's also been sued by pilots for not paying for a flight and his accountants. Though why should you pay your accountants when you're not paying anybody? I mean, how much work can they be doing? Now Dykstra's name is mentioned in the April issue of GQ under a headline of "You Think Your Job Sucks? Try Working For Lenny Dykstra." Guess what Lenny didn't do.
The latest chapter in the saga of Phillies centerfielder-turned-Wall-Street-and-publishing-tycoon Lenny Dykstra is scheduled to be released on the Web site of GQ magazine this morning. According to sources close to Dykstra's foundering Players Club Magazine, Kevin Coughlin, a New York Post sports photo editor who moonlighted as photo editor of the monthly now on life support, has rolled a grenade into the Dude's litigation-littered life. Coughlin, who was fired in September, has written a piece for the April issue of GQ titled: "You Think Your Job Sucks? Try Working For Lenny Dykstra."That is class, ladies and gentleman.
In excerpts that will be released by GQ today, Coughlin reportedly will accuse his former boss of racist, sexist and homophobic remarks during staff meetings and telephone conversations. The piece also reportedly will detail a laundry list of allegedly unethical business practices involving nonpayment of magazine staff and possibly illegal use of their credit cards to authorize flights on luxury charter jets for Dykstra.
When asked about the impending article all Dykstra had to say was that The Players Club was stronger than ever and that the feedback from players was "nothing short of sensational." Unfortunately the only player Dykstra asked was his former teammate Darren Daulton, and it's possible that his words were misconstrued from his space ship in the future.
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3-16-2009 @ 11:39AM
nerditry said...
You mean to say that a magazine targeted at an industry with literally hundreds of potential readers is failing?
I refuse to believe that.
Sincerely,
No one.
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3-17-2009 @ 8:17PM
kendall said...
All of it is true. This guy is a complete scammer. I lost my job of ten years at a printer In Simi Valley that printed the January edition of TPC. Half way through printing the Febuary issue we pulled the plug. He never came up with the 90k to produce the issue. The company I worked for is now out of business with help from Mr Dykstra. He is a total nut case. I even bought him dinner one night.He never ate it and threw it all in the trash. Everything in the GQ is true,this is how he is.
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3-18-2009 @ 12:14AM
Carlos said...
Wow Kendall! What printing company is that? As you may know, Lenny also "allegedly" stiffed Creel printing of Las Vegas for the same thing and they have filed a lawsuit against Dykstra in Ventura County, CA
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3-18-2009 @ 2:16PM
kendall said...
Carlos,I can't comment on the name of my previous employer for obvious reasons.I would like to say,LD was not responsible for the entire downfall of the company,things were going sour way before he came along,but doing business with him sure didn't help. He was like the "fork" as they say. He is a crook as far as I can tell.
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4-23-2009 @ 8:09PM
leo said...
Carlos,
Lenny moved to another printer after the first refused to release the issues, still sitting in a warehouse somewhere.
I played ball with lenny in HS.
He was a Schmuck and a racist then too.
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5-25-2009 @ 5:25PM
jacqueline said...
LD CONTINUES TO HIRE HOUSE STAFF FOR HIS $25 MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE IN WOODLAND HILLS (WHICH BY THE WAY IS IN FORECLOSURE) WITHOUT PAYING THE HELP. I WAS HIRED AS HIS ESTATE MANAGER AND HE WOULD WAKE ME UP AT 1AM TO WORK. HE IS CRAZY, BI-POLAR AND NEEDS HELP ASAP! HE WORKED A DOMESTIC COUPLE TO THE GROUND. HE MADE SEXUAL REMARKS, RACIAL REMARKS AND HAS NO RESPECT FOR ANYBODY. HE IS OUT TO SCREWING AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE CAN. PLEASE DO NOT WORK FOR HIM. HE WILL NOT PAY YOU!!! HIS JET WAS REPOSSESSED AND HE HAS NOTHING. HE IS TRYING TO SUCKER ANYBODY IN TO GIVING HIM MONEY. HE EVEN HAD THE MAID BUY HIM GROCERIES BECAUSE HE HAD NO MONEY AND REFUSED TO REIMBURSE HER!! UNBELIEVABLE!!
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