Lenny Dykstra is a Financial Genius

Snatch Catch · 03-12-08, 02:52 PM

You can't make this stuff up.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/16590476.html

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Retired now and 45, Dykstra, whose baseball career occasionally was marred by messy excesses - driving too fast, gambling too much - has transformed himself into a big player in the investment world.

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HBO profiled Dykstra on this month's episode of Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. Here are a few excerpts supplied by the show:

Host Bernard Goldberg: "Is it true you once said you don't read books because they might hurt your batting eye?"

Lenny Dykstra: "Yeah. You got to rest your eyes, man, plus it makes you think too much."

Goldberg: "Reading?"

Dykstra: "Too confusing."

Goldberg: "Reading?"

Dykstra: "Yeah, I still don't like to read."

Goldberg: "And I'm supposed to follow your investing advice?"

Dykstra: "Only if you like money."

Goldberg voice-over: "Jim Cramer is the host of Mad Money on CNBC and, like Lenny, he's also a little nuts. . . . Except, unlike Lenny . . . Cramer went to Harvard. . . . He worked at Goldman Sachs on Wall Street . . . and he started his own hedge fund . . . and made a fortune. And one day, out of the blue, he got an e-mail from someone who said he was Lenny Dykstra.

Cramer: "I e-mailed him back, I said, 'OK, listen, Lenny,' you know, 'quote Lenny.' And he goes, 'No, it's me. Lenny Dykstra.' And I go back, and I said, 'OK, what years did you play for the Phillies?' I'm thinking it can't be him. And the next thing I know he says, 'Let me show you my ideas.' And he sends me ideas, and I went to the editor of the TheStreet.com and said, 'Look, I got to tell you, a guy who is applying the same skills to money that he applied to sports. It's brilliant.' "

Goldberg: "You know, he doesn't sound like those guys at Goldman Sachs."

Cramer: "If I didn't know any better I would tell you that everything you hear from Lenny is an act. Because there's no way that he would ever, that you would ever feel like he's as smart as he really is, if you listen to him. Now, there are probably four or five people in the world who, if they sent me an e-mail, told me to learn a stock, I would actually take them seriously."

Goldberg: "And he's one of them?"

Cramer: "He's one of them. He's one of them."

NYYFAN · 03-12-08, 04:34 PM

I can't believe how fat he is...

FoulkeLore · 03-12-08, 05:00 PM

/Floored

S2 · 03-12-08, 05:12 PM

"Only if you like money."

Dynasties R Forever · 03-12-08, 05:13 PM

Speechless.

DjarDjar · 03-12-08, 05:14 PM

Of course he's a genius. It's clear from that picture he's turning into Gary Busey.

yankeebot · 03-12-08, 05:31 PM

Awesome.

just-blaze · 03-12-08, 11:22 PM

If anybody watched the special, I came off thinking Rainman with a foul mouth.

I love the anecdote about Dempsey and the ump.

"Do you see what it says up there? .400 You wanna know how Im hitting 400? Because I know what a f-ing strike is!"

RollingWave · 03-13-08, 12:49 AM

Lenny Dystra =

flymick24 · 03-13-08, 08:52 AM

"invest in spam"

Dynasties R Forever · 03-13-08, 09:05 AM

Ok, so...anyone care to guess what form a Dykstra importing his sporting philosophy to the financial world would take?

Guesses? Anyone? Can we crack the code?

I'll go first. "If I can't chew it, I won't be buying it."

How about when I add this one in... "The board has to use a lot of cuss words."

How many stocks did I narrow it down to....am I getting close to anything valuable advice wise?

C'mon guys, this is a tough market. Let's go!

b-ball-lunachick · 03-13-08, 11:58 AM

Amazing..just amazing.

YASS · 03-13-08, 01:41 PM

This is sounding more and more like a very elaborate practical joke.

b-ball-lunachick · 03-13-08, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by YASS

This is sounding more and more like a very elaborate practical joke.

Nope, we were talking about it at work and some guy said he reads his articles all the time on TheStreet.

hardrain · 03-13-08, 05:52 PM

this is just wrong...

Trish · 03-13-08, 08:59 PM

He didn't worry about eye strain ogling my tits the one time I met him.

NYYFAN · 03-14-08, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Trish

He didn't worry about eye strain ogling my tits the one time I met him.

I believe that was George and not Lenny...

DontHateOnNumber2 · 03-14-08, 12:33 AM

Tyler Durden · 03-14-08, 12:55 AM

...must be a new season of Punk'd

JL25and3 · 03-14-08, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Trish

He didn't worry about eye strain ogling my tits the one time I met him.

You just wanted to make sure everyone knew he liked your tits, didn't you?

03-12-08, 04:34 PM	#2
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03-12-08, 05:13 PM	#5
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03-12-08, 05:14 PM	#6
DjarDjar Member Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: Lenny Dykstra is a Financial Genius Of course he's a genius. It's clear from that picture he's turning into Gary Busey.

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03-12-08, 11:22 PM	#8
just-blaze Brien "The Incident" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jax	Re: Lenny Dykstra is a Financial Genius If anybody watched the special, I came off thinking Rainman with a foul mouth. I love the anecdote about Dempsey and the ump. "Do you see what it says up there? .400 You wanna know how Im hitting 400? Because I know what a f-ing strike is!"

03-13-08, 12:49 AM	#9
RollingWave NYYF Cy Young Join Date: Apr 2006	Re: Lenny Dykstra is a Financial Genius Lenny Dystra =
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03-13-08, 09:05 AM	#11
Dynasties R Forever NYYF Legend Join Date: Sep 2004	Re: Lenny Dykstra is a Financial Genius Ok, so...anyone care to guess what form a Dykstra importing his sporting philosophy to the financial world would take? Guesses? Anyone? Can we crack the code? I'll go first. "If I can't chew it, I won't be buying it." How about when I add this one in... "The board has to use a lot of cuss words." How many stocks did I narrow it down to....am I getting close to anything valuable advice wise? C'mon guys, this is a tough market. Let's go!
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03-13-08, 11:58 AM	#12
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03-13-08, 08:59 PM	#16
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