Lenny Dykstra, a former MLB player sentenced to serve three years in jail after being found guilty theft auto and identity theft, is going to be a free man very soon.
According to a number of news sources, the three-time All-Star slugger is expected to be released from federal prison on Sunday after spending just 15 months of his jail term.
The 50-year old Dykstra pleaded no contest to grand theft auto and fabrication of false financial statement in October of 2011. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra to serve three years in prison on March 5, 2012. However, Dykstra's action to undergo a drug and alcohol rehabilitation apparently helped his cause in lowering his jail term.
"I was surprised they let him out before the three years, to be quite frank with you. Because he blatantly disobeyed the court, and a lot of the stuff was very brazen. He was doing it in the full view of law enforcement," writer Christopher Frankie told the Los Angeles Times on Friday.
Frankie, who wrote the book entitled "Nailed: The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra," hopes the former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies star has learned a valuable from this experience.
"I hope, for his sake, his family's sake, and the public's sake, that he doesn't return to his criminal past," Frankie added.
Selected in the 13th round of the 1981 Draft, Dykstra started his career as a minor league star and steadily climbed the ranks to become a big piece in the Mets' 1986 World Series championship team.
After five seasons with the Mets, Dykstra was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, where he turned into a perennial All-Star player. As a Philly, he was selected in the All-Star team three-times (1990, 1994 and 1995) and awarded a Silver Slugger trophy in 1993.
The Nails finished his career with a batting average of .285 with 1,298 hits and 404 RBIs over 11 seasons.
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