House of Nails - Dykstra, Lenny
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An instant classic that sets a new standard to which pro-sports memoirs will forever be compared, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions?a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss. 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…mehr

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An instant classic that sets a new standard to which pro-sports memoirs will forever be compared, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions?a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss. 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. Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became a celebrated business mogul and investment guru. He became ?baseball's most improbable post-career success story? (The New Yorker), purchasing a $17.5-million mansion and traveling the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth. Now, for the first time, Lenny ?details his insane life on and off the field? (TMZ), 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.
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Lenny Dykstra manned center field for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies from 1985 to 1996. He was a three-time All-Star, and won a World Series with the Mets in 1986. Since his playing days ended, he has been active in a number of business ventures, including publishing a magazine geared toward professional athletes.