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We, like just about everybody else who has actually seen the man speak in the last five years, remain awfully skeptical of this supposed financial brilliance of Lenny Dykstra. If you need any more proof, just remember: He's still struggling with his magazine for athletes, "The Players Club." ("Keep the dream alive," or something.) And, uh, those don't work.
Someone else has even tried. "Overtime," the first magazine to try this — and it's still hanging around, actulaly — and has sputtered, being hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and months behind on its last issue.
It's bewildering that anyone would think of investing money in a magazine for athletes. Sure, athletes have money ... but do they really read a lot of magazines? When we think of athletes and their leisure time, we certainly think of reading.
As Dykstra and Doubledown Wage War, Overtime Watches From the Sidelines [Folio]
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JBL looks like shit.
I though the exact same thing.
The only magazines athletes enjoy are the ones that Joe Montana keeps upstairs at his house.
Why is that guys picture on my bottle of adderall?
Inserting lipper as we speak, hoping it turns me into a financial genius.
Well of course it failed. Cigar Aficionado - i.e. lots of rich people in their leisure time - already has a sports division.
Athletes already have their own magazines. The weapons don't load themselves.
Darren Dalton should go back in time and convince Lenny not to publish.
Agreed on Dykstra--he looks like a tard in every photo I see of him--I sure wouldnt trust him wif my $...
I'm still waiting for that damn Oct 2007 issue of "Overtime." That's the one that's supposed to tell me about protocol at autograph signings!
Dexter Manley found it to be an easy read.
Did the magazine have words instead of just pictures?
Maybe that was the problem.
Karl Malone used to subscribe to SI: For Kids
Don't athletes read The Robb Report?
Sure, athletes have money ... but do they really read a lot of magazines?
A-Rod subscribes to SheMale Fiesta ("I Pee sitting down...or do I?")
His old teammate Darren Daulton has his own magazine, too. IN THE FUTURE.
academics worldwide have praised carl everett's long anticipated thesis on the fallacy of dinosaurs
He probably should find out the percentage of pro athletes that can actually read.
Although I've heard Oden can read cave drawings very well.
/obligatory
There already is a magazine for athletes. It's called Juggs.
Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my Papa Johns pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you write a mag its no surprise that they're buying none anyway.
I believe we've already covered that the printed word is in serious decline, and it's all the fault of those glib, profane, full of shit bloggers.
@Secret Identity:
I want to get this out there:I think you're full of shit.
I think I need to see a closer picture, I am not sure that's Lenny.
Dykstra seems to be the epitome of not judging a book by the cover.
For now.
I actulaly touched the screen to brush that renegade eyebrow hair away from his eye.
Of course, nothing will hold a candle to Cat Fancy.
/Wizard Cat
I thought all athletes read ESPN:The Magazine? You mean those ads were a lie?
Why is Tilda Swinton's boss from Michael Clayton staring at me?
Should've invested in that porno video game Tracy Jordan invented.
Athletes read blogs, or so I'm told by Braylon Edwards
When we think of athletes and their leisure time, we certainly think of reading.
Needs more Lienart drinking photos.
Marvin Harrison took the advice of the first episode and bought a car wash and bar in shitty area and look what that got him.
Imagine waking up to that face 2 inches away.
(shivers.)
When I think of athletes and their leisure time, I think 'blogging'.
first issue dumbass
My name is Lenny Dykstra and I just want to sell you a car!
I thought this magazine would succeed. Sometimes, athletes need a break from the brain drain that is "Hidden Pictures" found in Highlights for Children.
@Civil Negligence: One of the great ESPN ads of the '90's. The Cat Fancy curse.
@Weed Against Speed: Cannot wait for Pacman & T.O.'s "Goofus & Gallant" routine.
If I had to chose one former Philles centerfielder to manage my portfolio, I would choose Doug Glanville. Lenny would be way down on the list.
@TheLou-Do:
which were a question on Jeopardy last night.
Also last night? My dad suggested we fire Willie Randolph and hire Lenny Dykstra. I am worried about his mental health.
do atheletes spend alot of time on planes and busses? then i'd bet they read magazines as much as the average chick.
@Weed Against Speed: Not to mention the puzzling moral conundrums presented by "Goofus & Gallant."
@josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance...: [shakes head at being beaten in such an obscure reference]
@Weed Against Speed: Gallant conceals his identity and uses protection with 19 year-old ass. Goofus films his own internal cumshots.
@Stev D: He was a Penn grad, but for engineering. Wrong kind of nerd.
@Carlton_Whitfield: Not obscure for someone with the mental age of 8.
/frowns at self
@BigTenObsession: My Dad wants to re-hire Davey Johnson.
I think if he named it "The Players With Yourself Club" it could have been more successful.
The 1985 Biff Tannen would really like to get his hands on one of these to learn how to invest his gambling winnings properly.
Since when is Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber considered an athlete?
@Doctor Lingerie: Gallant has his representation request that Bang Bros. remove Gallant's image from a DVD trailer (while denying that the image is, in fact, Gallant's). Goofus sticks around for the video shoot & supermans that ho.
The Japanese investors became a bit leery of Dykstra's mental well-being when he kept bringing them bags of oranges.
@crazyjoedavola:
People actually want Larry Bowa.
Those are the truly insane ones you keep away from because they're liable to go on a machete wielding spree.
I don't know what you're talking about. My glossy monthly Makin' It Rain Fo Tha Bitchezzz!!! is doing quite well.....
@Stev D:
You may want to watch this:
[jacklowephotography.com]
You'd have to hold Paul LoDuca back from those tweez-begging eyebrows.
Is the single runaway eyebrow hair bothering anyone else but me?
@Bobby_Big_Wheel: I devoted my life to porn! He figured it out in ONE DAY!!!!
I would think Lenny Dykstra would be publishing American Bitch.
I'm assuming this magazine has tobacco stains all over the pages, even if Jim Cramer is vouching for him.
Whats next a book for blog readers?
he's just networking. good leads are worth the money it takes to startup a magazine.
i'm a card carrying member of THE PLAYERS WITH YOURSELFS CLUB.
~Phil Hartman'd
None of this would have happened if Lenny had bothered to read W.C. Heinz.