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House of nails : a memoir of life on the edge / Lenny Dykstra.

by Dykstra, Lenny, 1963-

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HarperLuxe, [2016]

LP 796.357092 D996h

Dykstra, Lenny, 1963-

Center fielders (Baseball) -- Biography.

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.

Baseball players -- Drug use -- Biography.

Steroid abuse -- Biography.

Businessmen -- Biography.

Fraud -- Biography.

Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.

9780062440273 (pbk.)

First HarperLuxe Large Print edition.

vi, 408 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Freedom -- In the shadow of angels -- Climbing the ladder -- Breaking into the bigs -- Chasing the pennant, 1986 NLCS: New York Mets vs Houston Astros -- 1986 World Series: New York Mets vs Boston Red Sox -- Rednecks & rifles -- 1988 NLCS: New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers -- Play me or trade me -- A shot in the butt -- The politics of steroids -- The big blind -- Brass balls -- Charlie Sheen -- 1993 NLCS: Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves -- 1993 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies vs Toronto Blue Jays -- Ambassador Lenny -- Car wash king -- Robes & room service -- 1994 MLB strike: no more Kool-aid for me -- Promised land -- Wheels up -- Richards & rehab -- Stock market guru -- Players club -- Baseball gods -- Beginning of the end -- I fought the law and the law won -- Detained -- In custody -- In the hole -- Legacy -- To be or not to be Lenny -- Afterword: Whale hunting with Lenny Dykstra.

Former champion baseball player, entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions. Nicknamed "Nails" for his hustle and grit, Lenny approached the game of baseball - and life - with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a center fielder for the legendary 1980s Mets and the 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. An overachiever known for his clutch hits, high on-base percentage, and aggressive defense, tobacco-stained, steroid-powered, and booze-and-drug-fueled, Nails also defined a notorious era of excess in baseball. After retiring, Dykstra became a business mogul and investment guru. He bought a $17.5-million mansion and traveled the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: convicted of bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets and money laundering, Lenny served two and a half years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth. Now, Lenny tells all about his tumultuous career, from battling through crippling pain to steroid use and drug addiction, to a life of indulgence and excess, then, an epic plunge and the long road back to redemption. House of Nails makes no apologies and leaves nothing left unsaid.

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