Former MLB player Lenny Dykstra on The Dan Patrick Show (Full Interview)

[@masonrahal6980]

His 1993 season is one for the ages. Regular season but also was an absolute beast in the World Series. One of the greatest series ever played by a position player. He was on 🔥.

[@johnyvico]

But like bonds , sosa He cheated He was on the juice

[@zcorpalpha2462]

@@johnyvico They were GODS 🔥

[@jeffreyadams207]

Agreed dude, you nailed it!

[@TJT45808]

Not as good as Molitor

[@UMAMIMAMU]

@@johnyvico Oh please. Get off it.

[@bigtexmacgonigle444]

I'm getting a contact high just listening to him....

[@dennisconnolly1]

LOL!

[@jamesanthony5681]

He put on 30, 40 lbs of muscle in his Philly days and was asked, 'How'd you do it?' "Nutrients, dude,' said Lenny.

[@MrCctvtech]

He gave his all for baseball. I've heard about his personal life and the mistakes he made. But I will always remember him for his level of baseball.

[@dangrimes5078]

Me too. I can still remember Vin Scully saying how he got his name " nails" so much fun to watch him play.

[@markwest8960]

Yeah, on the field, dude was Pete Rose level effort.

[@justinnardine8564]

Lenny looks like Charlie sheens soul.

[@tatestubbles7876]

Hahahaha!!!

[@Mad-ad]

Dan is a good interviewer. He doesn’t lob softballs

[@joc8092]

yes, he is a good interviewer. But no....he does lob softballs often

[@stevenlennon12]

Yes he's great at what he does

[@cnance1972]

Guy has been thru the whole span of life , good to see Nails in a good place 👊

[@BobSimmons-y6i]

Every athlete has a story. I went from losing a pro ball game one nite to NolanRyan to sleeping in a hole in VietNam 6 mos later until being wounded and pro career over that day in the jungle. But all good today at 80 yrs old

[@bobferrell8187]

I was an All-American high school and college baseball player and I suffered multiple knee injuries in 1983. I led the state of Indiana in literally every offensive category my senior year in high school and a guy named Don Mattingly was second to me. But by my senior year of college my body was so beat up I could hardly walk! I've been through 27 Surgical Proceedures to this point and pain management unfortunately is a part of my life! So I understand exactly what Lenny is saying and so does any Athlete who has played at a high level! Good luck Lenny and I would have enjoyed having you as a teammate! Get thing's right Brother and enjoy the rest of your life...

[@keenannorris3309]

Who are you? Sounds like you were one of the greats

[@caveman3096]

He’s the 8187th Bob Ferrell man? Cmon dude, you never heard of him!?!? Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Ferrell8187! He’s in there!

[@HalelEliyah3777]

I remember watching on ESPN, back in the day they had a contest to see who the fastest player in baseball was and Lenny won, beating Vince Coleman among others

[@simpleagain1]

Great memories. He was the 2nd version of Charlie Hustle!

[@justinroark88]

@@simpleagain1 they even sound alike

[@Joseph-lz5er]

Dykstra says he was a small guy around 5 feet 9, 165lbs, and a part-time player without roids because his body couldn't stand the entire 162 game season. Understandable. Which makes what Ichiro did even more incredible being essentially the same size as Lenny and putting up HOF numbers in his 20 year career.

[@DanMolden99]

Drugs takes it toll. I don’t think icjirio slammed coke every night and bottles of tequila

[@ryanjacobson2508]

@@DanMolden99Also, Steroids actually worsen your overall health in the long run. Dykstra's body was shot by 1996. Meanwhile, guys who never did roids, like Omar Visquel and Cal Ripken, played for decades.

[@justinroark88]

And with over 100k miles on him when he came into MLB

[@mattb.4333]

Yep, so it can be done so this is just an example of a player that reached his full potential and was good but he wanted more and cheated to achieve what others could do naturally, perhaps robbing another player and their family of money. There is no noble reason for cheating, what helps your family hurts another so once again, he is just selfish and Ichiro (as far as we know) did it the right way.

[@hw5091]

I think Lenny was holding back on guys who took here. They all did, like he first said. Then he backed off on names, no need to bury his team mates. And peds are NOT out of the game now. Hell they've been slowly letting them back in over the last ten years. And they were never really gone, IN ANY SPORT.

[@justinnardine8564]

I just watched a video of Lenny hitting 2 bombs in game 4 of the 93 series.

[@simpleagain1]

Me too! What a competitor!⚾️

[@jobckts682]

Thanks Nails, for 93 Phil's season.

[@bobh6634]

Somebody ask him if he remembers anything from this interview?

[@latinolawdog5067]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that 'ol Nails book was transcribed to somebody else. Haha

[@jodavey]

Trey Warnock no he wrote it. just listened to him on stern. he fired 2 ghost wrkgers and did it himself

[@joc8092]

@@jodavey you're going to believe anything Dykstra says?

[@chalkbunt81]

Like any train wreck, I cannot look away.

[@allanhelmick3933]

I love how that Blue Jays hat is just over his shoulder. had to have been put there on purpose!

[@ericrivera1391]

Lenny thoughts are all over the place.

[@aleistercrowley1502]

NEED A MOVIE! Not sure who the hell could pull it off as far as actors go, my boy Tom Hardy could but might be too old. If they could find a good young actor to do Lenny justice it would be a great movie.

[@theesweetscience2500]

aleister crowley wow tom hardy would actually nail it. No pun intended actually haha

[@jelly7310]

Mickey Rourke could be him at this age in the movie

[@dougmedina4619]

@@jelly7310 lol!!!

[@Kedeas]

I’m sorry but this interview needs an interpreter.

[@speedyspooley]

He's totally lit in this segment....high or drunk...but dude ain't sober.

[@ptauagpt]

Nails is still Nails in my book !!!!

[@jnorris7322]

"Allergic to leather" FAMOUS Lenny quote going back to the Mets days. Still makes me laugh my butt off every time.

[@simpleagain1]

“Best 5 o’clock hitter I ever saw”😂😂😂

[@christopherkhanamirian8567]

Feel so bad for you LD. You’ve stole from many people. Face your demons and make amends.

[@edp3202]

What did he steal?

[@jimwerther]

​@@edp3202 Everything

[@tuckerbingo2491]

Schmidt & Dykstra... my fav players

[@user-iw4gz7vh4w]

God bless you Nails

[@tubenachos]

Lenny did not age well. I can't recognize him.

[@braddelany6234]

Lenny always talked like that. Good luck Nails!

[@colonelgilbert2475]

I went to high school in GG Ca. with Lenny. I had a couple classes with him. He didn't do drugs then when everyone else was. Sad what happened to him. Drugs ruined so many lives.

[@dougmedina4619]

I was close to the family. You are right. Many of us partied Friday nights after FB games. Lenny played on our team. He always went home after. I would say that team in 79' was 50/50. Good boys and bad boys. His brother was a great athlete as well. I will say Lenny was very driven to play major league ball. He made it big out of Grove!

[@RevengeAvenger]

We took this trip to Garden Grove It smelt like Lou Dog inside the van, oh yeah This ain't no funky reggae party, five dollars at the door..... Unless you're Lenny!!

[@sage1261]

Sad? This guy's not sad this guy's a fuckin legend.

[@jamesbingham1007]

Couple thoughts: Notice how Dystra says everybody used steroids, but, steers clear of specifics about his own team. Dan Patrick seems to be admonishing Dydstra for outing his old manager as a drunk while managing. A reporter is telling a player to keep a lid on stories about players and managers. We don't have actual investigative reporters covering sports.

[@Ditka-89]

How rigorous do you want pro athlete’s personal lives probed? They play a game, who cares what they do if they’re not harming anyone

[@echoechoecho7142]

@@Ditka-89 They are harming themselves and setting an awful example, and maybe would have won more series if Johnson wasn't drunk all the time and actually coached the team instead of being one of the boys. Your post is why the world is crumbling down. Anything goes, nobody stand for whats good, healthy, and right anymore. Take a look around. "Not hurting anyone" attitude has infected everything, esp what's being done to our kids...

[@Ditka-89]

@@echoechoecho7142 set an example? No one knew he even had a problem until Dykstra outed him to the media. The guy was a functioning alcoholic. It would be setting a bad example if he broke the law due to his disease and people found out about it-a la Tony LaRussa and his multiple DUIs. There should be a separation between people’s private lives and their professional ones. They’re baseball players not politicians.

[@CUMBICA1970]

Damn drug really took its toll on him. He's just 53 but looks 70.

[@edp3202]

He aged big time

[@joeferguson2606]

he's clearly on heavy painkillers.

[@sdefonta]

Brain damage from picking fights with prison guards

[@joeceonnia5361]

93 Phillies was the most fun a fan could ever have watching a ball Club

[@gfriedman99]

Joe Ceonnia i’d have said the 86 mets but i get where your coming from. Lenny a big part of the fun.

[@johnyvico]

I was at a lot of home games that year

[@scipio8866]

If lennys only been arrested once then I’ve been arrested more than Lenny lmao

[@styourlife5738]

I Love Lenny !!!

[@B.K.-Rhodeazy]

Book was awesome. We love you Nails. Get back on the Stern show. Blood flow.

[@davidswift7776]

3 year old interview, burned out then... but very interesting. • and currently?..sad

[@ericponce8740]

The Mets should have never traded Lenny to the Phillies.

[@MooreGravy]

I remember being on vacation in Florida and getting a USA Today to read about it. I was only 12...and furious. He wasn't my favorite player (Strawberry of course) but I knew it was a mistake. Samuel wasn't garbage but the trade just felt off. And bad. Again, I was 12 and knew. So many bad Met decisions back in the late 80's, early 90's.

[@sbdno10]

His brain is cooked.

[@EllieKapihe]

Great interview

[@johnkoziol1537]

"Nails" comes across as getting hit in the head one too many times with a fastball!

[@kenmadden6294]

I tried to give this guy another chance. Even started to read his book. Sorry. This guy is just an awful person making excuses for his terrible behavior.

[@Gooner1953]

What you see is addiction and denial!!

[@Mad-ad]

Truth

[@joshualamoureux2976]

Agreed , he says I took it for the right reasons , my family so I can stay on the field. Own your shit Lenny you were a selfish addict

[@tommannis8107]

Met Lenny a few times.....world class dirtbag.

[@gregleggett2793]

Life is complicated Very few of us are perfect

[@andytnmurray3808]

And those who wallow in the cesspool of drugs liquor sex will one day have to pay the fiddler, Why is it that the Phillies leave a bad mark on some of their best players as in MR.DYKSTRA, MR. PETE ROSE are two of the PHILLIE players who had legal trouble both went to prison, For years we have wanted a pro baseball team in TENNESSEE but every time the police say NO, they let us have a pro football team and there is talk they might close them down, so my question is were is the PHILLIE police to stop these players from getting into trouble. Police down here want allow that kind of stuff to go on, PACMAN JONES, VINCE YOUNG got rid of them and anyone who doesn't meet the proper standing has no place in Tennessee. Both MR.ROSE and MR.DYKSTRA was given a talent and made millions of dollars from it and both turned out to be nothing but criminals something our police will not tolerate.

[@markporter1901]

Wow. You sound like a lot of fun. Super religious too. Just a guess.

[@markporter1901]

And the police get NO say in the awarding of a franchise. Nonsense.

[@simpleagain1]

@@andytnmurray3808 -Yeah I think you live in La-La-Land

[@guardianx1328]

Captions, please!!!

[@josephforte7589]

I guess you have to read the book because poor Lenny makes no sense!

[@justinroark88]

"In my day, players were fun. We had fun. Today's baseball is boring. Today, they eat milk and cookies in the clubhouse." -Lenny Dykstra

[@stevenlennon12]

As someone who had a drug problem that's an irresponsible thing to say. He knows better.

[@stevenlennon12]

The 2022 Mets are far from boring.

[@-Markus-]

@@stevenlennon12 I dont think he does know better though, he seems like a complete tool...Fun legendary baseball player but a disgusting human being.

[@stever1791]

His name should be Mumbles, not Nails. Very hard to understand what the hell he is saying.

[@justinroark88]

CTE

[@arealmench]

Close your eyes and just listen to his voice. Doesn't he sound alot like Pete Rose?

[@justinroark88]

"People live in Mississippi"- Lenny Dykstra

[@ToddieBender]

Watch the 93 Phillies videos it’s night and day

[@MrStradia]

Same here. They made the '93 Phillies look like the fun bunch. Here's the reason.

[@379insk]

Joe Carter thought they were fun! Lol

[@JustforFun-ki6fk]

Did Lenny just wake up from a coma?

[@TCain-eu7uc]

Read the book. Give me money. Read the book. Give me money.

[@uriah9559]

you dont get the idea of talk shows do you?

[@latinolawdog5067]

That's kinda the point of every talk show/radio show guest ever. You think these celebrities and players show up just to talk and hang out for the hell of it? Of course not...they are pushing a book, a movie, an album....something. There aren't just there just to be there. It's called "doing the circuit".

[@stevenlennon12]

I loved him in 86. Drugs were bad everywhere in the 80,s and 90,s. Worse then the 1960,s imo. Glad he's clean now. Love the 86 mets

[@ObsessedCollector]

Did a card show near Philly last week and waited on line to get his auto (Im actually related to him too) He was so cool, and calm spoken. He even remembered meeting me in 1988. Regardless of what has happened to him and what he's done, He is still sharp as a tack! Nails is one awesome dude!

[@76vike19]

The bar is pretty low for Lenny being still as sharp as a tack. He was never the brightest bulb to begin with..

[@benwil1715]

Charlie Sheen was a good player in "major league"... The actor that played the catcher( on the tip of my tongue),Tom Derringer?. Looked like character had many Gary Carter nods! 🤗

[@jamesanthony5681]

Tom Berenger

[@foleyu2]

candid and honest

[@philippeigoa7765]

That Phillies team was out of control !

[@johnkoziol1537]

As a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan who remembers all too well not being able to sleep after that fateful ninth inning of game six. Nails is right. Johnny McNamara (May he rest in peace.) did screw up. BIG TIME!!! He should've taken Bill Buckner (May he rest in peace.) out of the game and put in Dave Stapleton. If he had then, chances are, we fans wouldn't have had to have waited another 17 years for the Bambino's Curse to have been broken and I would've been able to have slept soundly that night!

[@roland7584]

You're not a die hard Red Sox fan if you're talking about the 9th inning of game 6. It was the TENTH inning where all the fireworks happened. Even if Dave Stapleton is in there, the game was already tied before Buckner's gaffe, so there's no guarantee that the 86 ChokeSox would have won anyway, so Buckner was the least of the issues in that 10th inning that you remember oh so incorrectly. Go back to sleep.

[@edwu8253]

'86 mets were a all star team

[@hitachicm721f]

Slurring his words, hands are shaking, he keeps batting the microphone. Hard to believe anything he says.

[@hitachicm721f]

Listen to 13:28. Unbelievable.

[@eogg2284]

Plastibell.

[@pointman913]

he's slurring because his teeth are fucked up from getting face beat in while in prison notice how he never opens his mouth much thats why he slurrs

[@jodavey]

S Morris he was always a meat head. ALWAYS!

Hes always sounded like that u idiot

[@jeffreyadams207]

Contact hitter all the time you wanted him up when it counted!

[@jimwerther]

I don't believe a word Lenny says, but he is right about Davey Johnson.

[@stephenspence6261]

A rat is a rat

[@daves7079]

How's the slot

[@josephforte7589]

Drugs have messed this guy up!!

[@MrStradia]

Wow, just goes to show how much drug and steroid usage was happening in baseball.

[@entrevon]

My back felt like a telephone pole.

[@caveman3096]

Thought he said “bat”.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Lenny! Lenny!

[@stoneyj1a1]

dykstra, wth happened to this dude?

He's a dirtbag

[@michaelnewton1332]

@ don’t offend dirt and bags by likening them to Lenny Dykstra.

[@jamesslinn1603]

I saw him in a club in Tampa. Yucatan Liquor Stand. He was a bull.

[@MrJking065]

I hated the Phillies...But damn they were Great!

[@Waitukubuli]

Thanks, from Philly.

[@simpleagain1]

So sad. What an incredible fall. Kids STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS AND ALCOHOL or this could be you

[@jayp6748]

I met him in 2016 in Cooperstown. He was a trainwreck. Missing teeth, mumbling… very sad story.

[@ldballoon4]

Robin, baby....... he's coming for you

[@rickm6232]

He talks as if he's pickled - DON'T DO DRUGS KIDS!

[@jeffreyadams207]

Above all the bad, Lenny Nails played his ass off!!!!!

[@Malouco]

Didn't he have his jaw removed bc of cancer.

[@rcarlisi63]

he loved him some "keith richards"............

[@FDLrick]

What's this dude on?

[@caveman3096]

What isn’t he on? Shorter list

[@schattmultz1660]

Sounds like he has had a stroke

[@jnyfumare]

Dope Fiend

[@kepler240]

nobody's perfect

[@alx4316]

Is a real life story... A true gettobilly story...

[@Mario-cv5el]

Does he have teeth??

[@MrJohnmav]

If you want the uncensored truth listen to Lenny Dykstra, Tony Atlas (WWF wrestler), Mike Tyson, and Mickey Rourke. What they say might not be pretty but it's straight from the gut.

[@edp3202]

Is that good?

[@lterra72]

Nails!!!Sad outcome...

[@marklunde6472]

Nothing like doing drugs and being impairedand then talk smack about everybody in the public's eye how do you respect that you don't

[@nahpoli]

Davey Johnson was an awful manager and lucky that he had that team from 86 to win!

[@gfriedman99]

nahpoli his record says otherwise. Cashen didn’t help him with those bad trades like mcreynolds

[@orbonds3603]

Dave Johnson was a hell of a manager.

[@TMC1982Part2]

It's hard to out and out say that Davey Johnson was an awful or overrated manager when the results speak for themselves. Just about everywhere he went, be it New York, Cincinnati, Baltimore, or Washington, his teams won or contended. His only true "failure" besides not winning more than one World Series, is his time in Los Angeles, where he was fired after his second year despite guiding the Dodgers to 86 wins in 2000.

[@jimwerther]

​@@orbonds3603 Terrible manager

[@edp3202]

Why's he called Nails?

[@catsnchords]

Tough as nails

[@TempeSoldier123]

Dope fiend, racist, alcoholic, bad dad, terrible husband, criminal, thief and ex-con. This dude is a mess.

[@eogg2284]

Gomco Clamp

[@TempeSoldier123]

EOG G What does that mean?

[@TempeSoldier123]

The Greenman yup, vile racist.

[@uriah9559]

i'd party with him

[@TempeSoldier123]

ben dover you're also white, so I'm not surprised one bit.

[@SixStringSteveDelivers]

Lenny is confused in thinking the drugs helped him during his career.

[@benwil1715]

.... "Yeah" today the fans are to busy watching the game on their damn "smartphones" behind home plate box seats!!!!! .... "GREAT SCOTT"!!!!!

[@TheArtOfDean]

Geez, doesn't he have his pension, at least???

Cant collect untill hes 60 i believe.

[@jimwerther]

Lenny used steroids in the late 1980s while still with the Mets

[@bwaters735]

Hes sluring

[@brittanygarrison8030]

GO PHILS

[@pauljackiewicz4040]

he sounds drunk

[@BeardedMikeG]

He does sound drunk but it's because he had his teeth getting knocked out in prison.

[@gfriedman99]

On pain killers most likely

[@philliesphan312]

He has always sounded this way.