Phillies

Lenny Dykstra Explains His Theory on Why He Didn’t Make Phils’ Wall of Fame Cut

By Bob Wankel

Published: Feb 5th, 2019 · 10:23 PM EST

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The Phillies recently announced this year’s candidates to be named to the team’s Wall of Fame. The list includes former players Bobby Abreu, Scott Rolen, Gene Garber, Steve Bedrosian, Doug Glanville, Bake McBride, Placido Polanco, and Manny Trillo.

I don’t want to debate the merits of each of those players, mainly because I don’t care, so let’s instead turn our attention to who isn’t on this list. Someone like, say, Lenny Dykstra. “Nails” keyed the beloved ’93 team’s unexpected run to the World Series after finishing second in the National League’s MVP voting that season. He had 124 walks, scored 142 runs, and racked up 194 hits. He also represented the team three times as a National League All-Star.  Let’s face it, “The Dude” was bad ass, so what gives?

Dykstra, who has had a slew of legal issues in recent years, has a pretty interesting theory as to why he didn’t make the cut. Let’s hear from him to find out:

Nails checking in from NYC, back from Hollyweird. Let's get right into it: #phillieswalloffame – I'm not on it. I'm not mad. Why? Let's get it out there: I was tagging a couple @Phillies Executives' daughters, so don't blame the #Phillies, blame me! pic.twitter.com/dh82Kwtpsv

— Lenny Dykstra (@LennyDykstra) February 6, 2019

Nailed. Ha. Get it?

Anyway, it looks like Lenny is really doing well here. I can’t possibly imagine why the Phillies didn’t want him on the list.