So Does Dykstra’s Inclusion Really Mean Anything?
Officially, former Phillies center fielder Lenny Dykstra was mentioned in the mostly boring and underwhelming Mitchell Report tome. However, the report references the same story that’s been pretty much common knowledge to any baseball fan around here for years: That Lee Thomas had suspicions that he was using, that he bulked up in the early ’90s thanks to the aid of neat little “vitamins,” that Jeff Cooper may or may not have seen someone from that club that could very well possibly be Dykstra juicing, and that Dykstra inquired about purchasing steroids from the Mets’ personnel guy.
Yet there’s no blockbuster detailed description of when The Dude started using, stopped using or anything beyond the circumstantial evidence that was put there beforehand. So, essentially, we’re left with the same assumptions that we started with about Dykstra.
Even if it was revealed that the ringleader of the beloved ‘93 team was sticking needles into every part of his body, does it really tarnish his image? Think of the animals on that team and all of the rumored drinking, drugging, fighting and whoring they did. Probably the most damaging news about anyone from that team would be the revelation that they didn’t do anything illegal.
So, hopefully we’ll be speaking with Lenny Dykstra tonight — about his new magazine venture — and have him colorfully deny all of these reports as he did with us yesterday: “I don’t know anything about the report you’re talking about,” he said. And “I stay away from the drama … the drama, man, drama.”
Oh, and he said “fuck” and “dude” a lot. It’s probably safe to assume he’s getting a few more calls than usual right now, however. So we’ll see.
Dykstra, Bell, Bonds named in Report [Inquirer]
December 13th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
We knew people were going to get named but the more interesting **sacarsm** part of the Mitchell Report(I’m reading through it right now, 409 pages **cries**) is that Major League Baseball knew about the steroid problems before their admitted first-time of knowing (BALCO). They were testing dudes for steroids six months after there was any reasonable doubt. It was covered up in a partnership between the MLBPA and the commissioner’s office. The League didn’t become concerned until the public did. Who knows how many other illegal substances are going through the league right now and they aren’t speaking on it. The MLB wants people to dime out the league when they were directly influencing the “code-of-silence” to continue.
December 13th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
When contacted for comment,we only received voicemail…
“The Dude is not in.”
December 14th, 2007 at 12:58 am
STEROIDS WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE ARNOLD GOVENOR OF CALIFORNIA
December 14th, 2007 at 1:02 am
STEROIDS WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE ARNOLD GOVENOR OF CALIFORNIA AND HAS ANYBODY ASKING GOOD OLD REGGIE HOW HE GOT AS BIG AS BARRY BACK IN THE 70’s…………..there was alot of steroids in the bay area back then being used by body builders and pro wrestlers….