Lenny Dykstra's Kid Got Engaged

Wedding photos of Lenny Dykstra and Tony Soprano breaking bread?  Sign me up!

The embattled former big leaguer's son Cutter can now add "Jamie-Lynn Sigler's fiance" to the adjectives preceding his name.

The 23-year-old infielder popped the question over the weekend and, naturally, he and his new bride-to-be ran to Twitter to tell their legion of followers.  The pair was introduced by mutual friend (and fellow ball player) Nick Swisher.

"Jamie couldn't be happier. Cutter is the perfect guy for her," a friend of the couple told US Weekly. "Although they have only been together for a year, they both know that this is it for both of them. They are both on cloud nine as are their families and friends."

Cutter Dykstra spent last year with the Washington Nationals Single-A affiliate, the Hagerstown Suns.  He hit .291 and swiped 32 bases.  Sigler, of course, played Tony Soprano's daughter Meadow for six seasons on, you guessed it..."The Sopranos".

Perhaps, the younger Dykstra can get in on his fiance's former ficticious family business and whack some of the fellas out to get his pops?

Shaq Wants to Fight Jose Canseco

Last week at this time, word came that Lenny Dykstra had dropped out of his "celebrity" boxing match against fellow shamed former big leaguer Jose Canseco.

Thankfully that bout never took place because, in its wake, we were graced with a barrage of anti-semitic tweets from Dykstra and a potential new foe for Canseco.

Ladies and gentlemen...enter "Shaq the Pugilist".

What up Dana white I wanna fight Jose conseco hook it up

Sure, O'Neal mispelled "Canseco", but c'mon...we all know who he meant and, honestly, wouldn't you want to see that fight?

Also, it wouldn't be the first time the 7'1" behemoth has set foot in the ring.  The four-time NBA champ has squared off against both Oscar de la Hoya and "Sugar" Shane Mosley on his show "Shaq Vs.".

Your move Canseco.  We both know you love a paycheck.

Nails Bails on Fight

Stop me if this has ever happened to you.

It's Saturday night, and while the rest of the world is watching the LSU-Alabama contest and all you can think about it the upcoming "boxing" match between Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra.

Surprisingly, you forget about the bout (probably due to falling asleep during a Jim Carrey movie) between the former All-Stars and end up running to the computer to see if the results have been posted anywhere.

Then, you get hit with the news...Lenny Dykstra pulled out of the match (dubbed the "Battle of the Baseball Bad Boys") after being paid five grand earlier in the week.

Or did he?

For some reason, the Philadelphia Inquirer is all over this disaster.

(Fight promoter Damon) Feldman said moments ago that he and main promoter Alki David met Dykstra on Thursday and paid him cash. The former Phillies star was to receive another $10,000 after the fight but informed promoters around 6 EST tonight that he would not show up.

Dan Herman, who until severing ties tonight with Dykstra had served as a manager for him, arranged Dykstra's participation in the bout and confirmed that Dykstra was paid a portion of his purse in advance and has pulled out of the fight. "I grew up idolizing Lenny Dykstra but it was all a lie," Herman said.

So, wait...this thing was all just a way for the phormer Phillie (see what I did there?) to cash a check?

There's more!

Fox 29 meterologist John Bolaris, a friend of Dykstra's for more than 15 years, tweeted days ago that Dykstra was never actually scheduled to fight.

UPDATE: Just spoke with a friend of Dykstra's who says that Lenny had never signed on to fight Canseco and did not receive any money from the promoters.

Now, I don't know what/who to believe!

But now I know this.

If there is anyone out there that can soil the integrity of Canseco's "boxing" "career" or a "celebrity" "boxing" event featuring the likes of Coolio and Joey Buttafuoco...his name is Lenny Dykstra.

Wow...that was a lot of quotes.  "Quotes"?

It's Jose Canseco Versus Lenny Dykstra Now!

Can someone please put a bullet in the head of this story before it spins further out of control?

Last month, when the card was announced, former slugger Jose Canseco was all set to take on  "notorious White House Party Crasher" Tareq Salahi in what was loosely coined a "celebrity" boxing match.

Now...word on the street is that Lenny Dykstra is taking Salahi's place.

"Canseco ruined my career by spreading lies," the former Philadelphia Phillies All-Star said in statement.  "I called Tareq and begged him to let me take his place in the upcoming fight against Canseco."

Watching from the wings will be good friend of The Hall Kato Kaelin.

"It will be hard for Jose to knock out any teeth from Lenny D because Lenny is missing them all," Kaelin told The Hall exclusively.  "Even this.past Halloween, Lenny was seen at a bobbing for apple sauce contest. Holla!"

Kaelin is set to square off against Michael Lohan.

Both fights are set to go down Saturday night.  They will be streamed live on FilmOn.com to a World Wide Internet audience and to every home connected to Cable Television in the United States.

Oh and before you ask...the rest of the card includes Amy Fisher, "Octomom", Michael Lohan, Joey Buttafuoco, Coolio...and more!

And, no, I won't be watching.

Save Lenny!

There's a joke that the last book I read was Nails.

Truth is...I think I've read at least three or four others since the Lenny Dykstra-penned opus hit the shelves in 1987.

Either way, I'm embarrassed that it took me a week to discover savelenny.com.

And if you've been following the recent exploits of Dykstra, you had to have figured that taking to the internets to raise money for his legal troubles would be the next step for the three-time All-Star.

Here's an excerpt from the site:

Lenny was notified in early June, that the charges not originally filed in state court would soon be filed and he was told when to appear in court, and what to expect for bail.

Since then, Lenny has remained in custody on $500,000 bail. To bond him out, it requires $40-50,000 in cash to pay the bail bond agent, and collateral of $500,000 to secure the bond. The $500K collateral for the bond has been secured, however – the bond premium is still needed.

A few of Lenny’s friends have come forward to assist Lenny with the bond premium, however since the court has refused to lower the bail amount, there is still a bit of a shortfall.

This is where you can help! Help Save Lenny today.

Clearly an impassioned plea from those friends of "Nails". But my favorite part of the site is the "Help Now" section.

Ask yourself this.

If you met Lenny on the street, would you offer to buy him lunch? $10.00 would buy a couple of tacos and a coke for the Dude.

Hey guys, I read Nails...isn't that enough?

A couple of tacos does sound nice though.

***A big thanks to the boys over at Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest for bringing savelenny.com to light.***