Welcome to the Dykstra Zone, where nothing – nothing – will surprise you. I just got done reading the Jerry Sandusky grand jury presentment, so, unfortunately, anything Lenny Dykstra related seems tame and – almost – normal.
According to reports, Dykstra has bailed on his scheduled boxing match against Jose Canseco. Dan Gross, master of gossip at Philly.com, says that he spoke with both Dykstra and promoter Damon Feldman. Feldman told Gross that Lenny was paid $5,000 on Thursday, and due another $10,000 tonight.
Dykstra said he would call Gross back. As of writing this (8:30 Sat.), he has not yet returned the call, according to Gross.
Now, there are two ways to go with this. One is that Dykstra continues to defy the laws of accountability by bailing on a paid publicity stunt, one that doubles as a halfway house for the belly button lint of our society.
The other is that Dykstra never planned to fight… and Feldman knew it. Having his name atop the fight card brought much needed attention to an event that featured Octomom. I’m actually more inclined to think this was the case, because I’m sure that if given the chance, Lenny is exactly dumb enough to show up and get punched in the head for $10,000.
We’ll have any unfortunate updates, if there are any.
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I’d fight Canseco for $20 and a bag of beef jerky. Straight cash, homie
Wow…last week Canseco canceled an appearance in Ohio claiming he slipped a disc in his neck and couldn’t fly. So maybe Dykstra is just giving him some time to recover.
Lenny 100% knew about fighting , his manager agreed & I no for a fact
“Dykstra Zone”?
I’ve read some Simmons myself.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/041217
(Ctrl+F + “Tyson Zone”)
Really not trying to be a hater… but you flat out fucking stole that. Ugh. Shameless.
I’ve really enjoyed this site for a while now. But, it seems like most of the posts now fall into the ridiculous category. I understand that baseball season, your bread and butter, is over, but there have to be some relevant and interesting Philadelphia sports topics you could touch on instead of forcing shit like this Lenny Dykstra novelty boxing match nonsense on us. How about some preseason Big 5 college hoops talk? Or anything with college football? Or anything about the Eagles besides posting their weekly splash cartoon? Maybe those TMZ-esque posts are getting you more views and clicks but I think its really bringing down your blog. I’m not trying to be a hater either, but come on man…
I seriously boxed for damon feldman…he paid me $50 to to lose to 1 of his kids he was training in the 2nd rd…my friend also got his ass whooped by diego from q102 for $100…damon is a crook
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