Reality television, late-night commercials and celebrity boxing are where washed up former athletes go to fade away. Sometimes, though, the impending results threaten to shake American popular culture to its core.
Enter Jose Canseco. And Lenny Dykstra. In the ring. Boxing. Each other.
Canseco, the former A’s slugger, has long been on a roller coaster ride of absurd public embarrassments and legal woes, but he’s got noting on Lenny.
Dykstra, who was once one of baseball’s most prolific users of dip was — among a laundry list of misdeeds — named in the Mitchell report, indicted for fraud and charged earlier this year with grand theft auto, drug possession and indecent exposure.
The two former MLBers weren’t even supposed to fight; Canseco was on the card to face White House crasher Tareq Salahi. But thankfully, destiny stepped in and what was to be a sad display of a lopsided bludgeoning is now just a sad display of revenge:
“Canseco ruined my career by spreading lies. I called Tareq and begged him to let me take his place in the upcoming fight against Canseco,” said Dykstra in a statement.
In short, this is the perfect storm of celebrity self-destruction. And it’s coming to pay-per-view on Saturday.
While I’ll admit to having a Bash Brothers poster prominently displayed on my bedroom wall from 1988-1991, I’ve come to my senses since middle school and I don’t think I’ll pay $19.99 to Jose kick Lenny Dykstra’s tobacco-stained teeth in.
____________________________
Douche bag fight of the Century!
The Roid Rumble
Enter Jose Canseco. And Lenny Dykstra. In the ring. Boxing. Each other.
Canseco, the former A’s slugger, has long been on a roller coaster ride of absurd public embarrassments and legal woes, but he’s got noting on Lenny.
Dykstra, who was once one of baseball’s most prolific users of dip was — among a laundry list of misdeeds — named in the Mitchell report, indicted for fraud and charged earlier this year with grand theft auto, drug possession and indecent exposure.
The two former MLBers weren’t even supposed to fight; Canseco was on the card to face White House crasher Tareq Salahi. But thankfully, destiny stepped in and what was to be a sad display of a lopsided bludgeoning is now just a sad display of revenge:
“Canseco ruined my career by spreading lies. I called Tareq and begged him to let me take his place in the upcoming fight against Canseco,” said Dykstra in a statement.
In short, this is the perfect storm of celebrity self-destruction. And it’s coming to pay-per-view on Saturday.
While I’ll admit to having a Bash Brothers poster prominently displayed on my bedroom wall from 1988-1991, I’ve come to my senses since middle school and I don’t think I’ll pay $19.99 to Jose kick Lenny Dykstra’s tobacco-stained teeth in.
____________________________
Douche bag fight of the Century!
The Roid Rumble