Showing posts with label Lenny Dykstra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lenny Dykstra. Show all posts

Sunday, April 12, 2020

The Easter Weekend With Seat Cushion Night

Easter always takes me back to 1987. The Cardinals and the Mets were the best rivalry in baseball then, and early in the year, in the fourth series of the year, the Mets made their way to STL for the Easter weekend. It was a cool Saturday night, and Busch Stadium was packed for seat cushion night. The Cardinals had won the NL East in 1985 in a tense battle with the Mets, and New York and run away and hid in their championship season of 1986.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Lenny Dykstra Indicted For Drugs, Terroristic Threats

A grand jury in New Jersey indicted former baseball star Lenny Dykstra on drug and other charges stemming from an altercation with an Uber driver in May.

KMOX

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

George Mitchell On The Legacy Of The Mitchell Report, PEDs, & The Hall Of Fame

In November, baseball writers across America received an advisory from a prominent Hall of Famer with suggestions for how to handle the nettlesome issue of immortality and steroid use. A day after the Hall released its 33-man ballot for 2018, Hall of Fame vice chairman and former Cincinnati Reds great Joe Morgan emailed voters with a list of three criteria he thinks should disqualify future candidates from admission to the shrine.

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Saturday, September 9, 2017

Terry Pendleton's Home Run Doomed The Mets Dynasty That Never Was

Terry Pendleton says that during his playing days, he was called many unpleasant things while standing in the on-deck circle at opposing teams’ stadiums.

NY Daily News

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Luke Dykstra Wants To Be Himself On Field, Not Just Lenny's Son

The name follows him everywhere, and nowhere is it more evident than on a baseball field. It's there, in plain sight, on the back of the uniform he is wearing.

STL Sports Page

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Cardinals Make Wise Move To Part Ways With Jaime Garcia

After eight seasons and 147 starts, Jaime Garcia and the St. Louis Cardinals have parted ways.

KSDK

Cardinals Trade Jaime Garcia To Braves For Three Prospects

Jaime Garcia was a little like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “little girl with a curl.” As Wadsworth wrote, “When she was good, she was very, very good. And when she was bad ...”

Post-Dispatch

NL Official Provides Scouting Reports On Cardinals' New Prospects

In trading veteran lefthander Jaime Garcia to the Braves for three players, the Cardinals aren’t likely to see an immediate return in 2017.

Post-Dispatch

Friday, December 21, 2007

Jason Grimsley Implicates Players

Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former Major League pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed Thursday.

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