Comments on: The Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons, #20: Lenny Dykstra, 1993

By: Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons,#11B: Ed Delahanty, 1895

Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons,#11B: Ed Delahanty, 1895 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:24:18 +0000

[...] #20 – Lenny Dykstra, 1993 [...]

By: Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons,#13: Lefty O’Doul, 1929

Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons,#13: Lefty O’Doul, 1929 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:28:13 +0000

[...] #20 – Lenny Dykstra, 1993 [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:11:46 +0000

I loved Bowa as a player. He is, to me, he true player. Small ball all the way. How many times did he bunt himself on, steal second, move to third on a ground out and score on a SF by Michael Jack? He battede second for many years, before dropping to 8, and I remember the days of Dave Cash leading off and then Bowa. Those were the days. Since when did SS become a hitting posision and not a fielder’s spot, anyway?

By: Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons, #15 : Chris Short, 1964

Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons, #15 : Chris Short, 1964 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:46:41 +0000

[...] #20 – Lenny Dykstra, 1993 [...]

By: The Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons , # 17 : Tug McGraw, 1980

The Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons , # 17 : Tug McGraw, 1980 — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:55:34 +0000

[...] #18 – Greg Luzinksi, 1977 #19 - Gavvy Cravath, 1913 #20 - Lenny Dykstra, 1993 [...]

By: The Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons, # 18 : Greg Luzinski, 1977

The Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons, # 18 : Greg Luzinski, 1977 — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:05:02 +0000

[...] #19 – Gavvy Cravath, 1913 #20 - Lenny Dykstra, 1993 [...]

By: The Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons, #19: Gavvy Cravath, 1913

The Phillies Top 20 Individual Seasons, #19: Gavvy Cravath, 1913 — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:08:52 +0000

[...] #20 – Lenny Dykstra, 1993 [...]

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:01:42 +0000

I love this article idea. Can’t wait to read more.

By: Drolz

Drolz — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:02 +0000

Count me in as a “Yeah, but” fan of the ‘93 Phillies. It was a magical year but clearly fueled by steroids.

I’ll grant Dykstra this: He was a gamer. Even though he cheated he seemed to really come through in the clutch that year. And again, as Pete pointed out, his walks and OBP in ‘93 made him the prototype leadoff hitter.

Now for the “Yeah, but.” If you look at clips of the 1986 Mets, you’ll see that Dykstra had the same build as Larry Bowa had during his playing days. Can you imagine Bowa jacked up on ‘roids and ripping 19 homers in one season? That’s just not right. (Yes, I know the ‘80 Phillies had their own “yeah, buts” — Lonnie “Skates” Smith bum-rushing the Phanatic while zonked on coke, the amphetamines scandal, etc)

I’m not naive. I don’t think the game will ever be “clean” in the purest sense of the word. Who knows, maybe somewhere down the line it could be revealed that some players on last year’s world champions were on HGH. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think MLB tests players for HGH yet, or if they really plan to.

Damn, I feel so old because I’m one those people who can remember the days when the shortstop weighed 155 pounds (Bowa) and the second baseman was 160 (Manny Trill0). We’re never going to see that again. Except maybe in the Little League World Series.

By: bski

bski — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:37:11 +0000

Thanks for the link, J Dubbz. Very sad story because he is so lost within his self-centered, narcissistic, fantasy existence that he can’t see how severely distorted his views really are. The only one he’s really getting over on is himself. If he’s lucky, he’ll be involuntarily committed so that he’s protected against himself. If not, he’ll either end up destitute and homeless, drinking Thunderbird out of a paper bag, or dead in an alley somewhere.