EX-MLB STAR LENNY DYKSTRA SPENT 9 HOURS DUMPSTER DIVING FOR $80,000 DENTURES
It seems Dykstra took his $80,000 bone marrow dentures out at Jersey Mike’s subshop to eat his sandwich, left the shop and forgot his dentures, which he had wrapped in a napkin. When he went back, the table had been cleared and the napkin tossed.
So Dykstra and a friend spent hours going through the Dumpster, but finally found the dentures.
And you think you have problems?
What the hell are “bone marrow dentures”?
What a guy! Bragging about being a pioneer (!) in the use of steroids in baseball!
You’d think at that price they’d be insured!
Saw the story on Fark. The real bonus points is that he was getting help from a wrestler called Sprinkles the Clown.
This tale is pure Mad Libs. Name an ex MLB player. Name an object. …
Who pays $80K for dentures you can’t eat with? Seems counter-intuitive. And stupid.
Who has $80K to spend on dentures and then eats at Jersey Mike’s?
If you’re gonna spend that kind of money, why not just go ahead and get implants?
Article says they were done gratis by a dentist who was or is a fan.
Dykstra probably doesn’t have $80.00 at this point- Sprinkles more than likely was paying for the subs.
eta: photo of Sprinkles
Implants don’t work for everyone.
I thought you were supposed to be able to eat while wearing dentures? Have all those commercials with elderly people biting apples and chomping corn on the cob been lying to me?
dentist here. No, there are plenty of good dentures and the wearers can eat anything. Not all dentures are made well and even ones made well don’t change over time while the mouth does. Also the patient may not have gotten new ones or adjustments to the old ones. Disclaimer I haven’t made a denture in over 12 years and never liked doing them.
I’ve never heard of bone marrow dentures. Googled it and the only thing that keeps coming up are the Dykstra stories. They say they are dentures that are made of bone marrow. Doesn’t make sense since marrow is porous and holes in dentures are not a great thing. I am sure it is something else but I can’t find it.
But those don’t cost $80K.
Come to think of it, WHY did those cost $80K? Does the marrow come from unicorns?
I can’t fathom any denture costing 80K. I’m at a loss on what they are.
I am sorely tempted to call bullshit on this.
He took out his dentures to GUM a sub sandwich? Does Sprinkles the Clown know the Heimlich?
And bone MARROW is spongy, reddish, living tissue.
Yup. Sounds like bullshit to me!
~VOW
I don’t know what solid platinum dentures would weigh, but $80,000 would buy close to 7 pounds of it. (Probably not enough to buy set of diamond ones like Cohen the Barbarian’s, though.)
Is it possible they were made of some material that was meant only for looks - something that isn’t structurally sound, or that stains easily?
If you’re gonna get that kind of money, why not get someone who will chew your food for you?
Perhaps, like me, he had implants, and they failed.
And who has to take his dentures out to eat a sub???
And who doesn’t clear their own table at Jersey Mike’s?