Article: PEOPLE.(National/Global)(Lenny Dykstra files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection)(employees blocked the road at Wells Fargo and Co. branch)(Colonial BancGroup Inc's Sarah Moore)

Byline: Paul Davis and Matthew Monks

Debt Nails Dykstra

Former professional baseball player Lenny Dykstra has run into a financial wall, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Dykstra, who had entered a second act as a financial guru after retiring from baseball in 1998, listed more than $10 million of liabilities in documents filed Tuesday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Central District of California. The tobacco-chewing, hard-charging outfielder, who earned the nickname "Nails" during his 12-year big league career, has less than $50,000 of assets, according to the filing.

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