Confessions of a Steroid Pioneer...

...My Dinner with Lenny Dykstra.

A Bleacher Report article by Scott Miller.

"And I'm on the cover of Sports Illustrated," he says of the issue dated June 4, 1990. "Coincidence? I think not. That s--t works. I told baseball that."

Picture this: A 26-year-old Dykstra scouring the library shelves somewhere in the Mississippi sticks, pre-internet days, conducting his own private search for athletic rejuvenation. Voila! Deca Durabolin, his PED of choice.

"At its finest, dude," he says.

Regardless of your opinion about PED's or Bleacher Report - or Lenny Dykstra for that matter - it's an entertaining read.

http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/confessions-of-a-steroid-pioneer/

Love Lenny Dykstra. Just a seedy individual who doesn't care about anything. I think I'll probably read his book this weekend.

Hardly a pioneer but I do admire his willingness to talk about it.

Hardly a pioneer but I do admire his willingness to talk about it.

The fact that he fancies himself as one makes it even better to me.

The fact that he fancies himself as one makes it even better to me.

Let us know what you think about the book.

Love Lenny Dykstra. Just a seedy individual who doesn't care about anything. I think I'll probably read his book this weekend.

Yet for a guy who has admitted to blackmailing umpires, taking steroids prescribed by a “hillbilly doctor” and forcing Craigslist housekeepers to give him a massage, you have to wonder when the former Phillies center fielder is going to run out of things to open up about.

On Tuesday, Dykstra had another revelation to share with the world: He has embarked on a new post-baseball career moonlighting as a male gigolo for elderly women.

“I thought God put me on Earth to entertain people on the baseball field … but He actually put me on earth to [pleasure women],” Dykstra said on Howard Stern's SiriusXM Radio show. “I’m like Picasso.”

Dykstra told Stern how several elderly clients pay him for “companionship” and romantic dinner dates. Dykstra noted that for most of the older women, it’s more about intimacy than sex. “Their bones are brittle,” he said.

Stern asked if Dykstra would have sex with a woman who was Dykstra's age.

“If they paid me,” he responded. “It’s my duty.”

He's just a gigolo.

He's just a gigolo.

So what other Phillies were using steroids? “Anybody who was good,” an unusually reserved Dykstra said, unwilling to name anyone. “The only ones who weren’t using them were stupid.”

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Lenny-Dykstra-opens-up-about-hard-partying-Phillies-and-having-twisted-sex-with-elderly-women.html

Let us know what you think about the book.

Books pretty good so far. Definitely a fast read, you can probably finish it in a day if you wanted. Entertaining. Has some pretty good insight into the game of baseball and how it works.

Harbors a strange grudge against Davey Johnson, seems a bit over the top and uncalled for. Just got through the '86 Series.

Didn't know that Oil Can Boyd was slated to start Game 7 but the rainout let them start Bruce Hurst instead. Oil Can was butthurt about it, got drunk in the clubhouse and was unable to come on in relief so they brought in the tired Calvin Schiraldi who went 2.2 in game 6 and was probably tired.

Kevin Mitchell was on the phone making travel plans when he was asked to pinch hit in Game 6, lol.

Makes it clear to point out that Buckner was a great pro who had a 22 year career with a .289 career average.

Has a lot of respect for Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter, even though Carter was squeaky clean and wholesome, opposite of Lenny.

It can be fun to read about people who act completely insane, people who don't have a moral compass and don't appear to care if they die or are arrested tomorrow. Like Hunter S. Thompson. But you're never quite sure if the story is about the person or an exaggerated character designed to act like readers want that person to be.

It can be fun to read about people who act completely insane, people who don't have a moral compass and don't appear to care if they die or are arrested tomorrow. Like Hunter S. Thompson. But you're never quite sure if the story is about the person or an exaggerated character designed to act like readers want that person to be.

Never claimed I was trying to read this for enriching myself. Even if it's exaggerated, it's still fun.

Btw, Dykstra's son is doing well in low A ball for the Atlanta Braves... but he's a singles hitter... for now.

Finished the book. A bit disappointing in the sense that I thought the baseball part wasn't long enough but the stories and anecdotes are fun. Talks about his approach to playing the game, well thought out and it's a good one. Story about kicking Rick Dempsey's ass is funny.

Stuff off the field is pretty wild, doing coke with Robert De Niro was pretty interesting. His downfall was explained well, he bit off a bit more than he could chew.

Seems to know his stuff as an investor, the feds went after him because they thought he was defrauding subscribers at a clip of 1,000 dollars per year for his stock tips. However they searched and searched and couldn't find anything, he includes an actual copy of the note from the Fed saying they couldn't find anything and weren't going to press charges.

It does seem a little too good to be true, though.

Fun, entertaining read.