Former baseball star turned financial advisor Lenny Dykstra now lives in a two-bedroom apartment in a Westwood high-rise, plotting his financial comeback, daunting though it appears. (Katie Falkenberg / For The Times)
Lenny Dykstra as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1993, perhaps his best year as a ballplayer. He was the runner-up for the National League most valuable player award and led the Phillies to the World Series, which it lost to the Toronto Blue Jays. (Doug Mills / Associated Press)
Lenny Dykstra bought this Thousand Oaks mansion from former hockey great Wayne Gretzky three years ago. It proved to be a catastrophic mistake financially for Dykstra. He says he fell victim to predatory lending. (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
Lenny Dykstra bought this $17.4-million Thousand Oaks mansion in 2007, at the height of the housing bubble. It is now the most prized piece of his bankruptcy case. Claimants include JP Morgan Chase & Co. and private equity firm Index Investors. (John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
