As a player, Lenny Dykstra earned the nickname "Nails" for his rugged play.  Now he's likely to be known for another five-letter word: Juice.  A new book quotes Dykstra, who won a World Series title and was a three-time All-Star as an outfielder during 12 major league seasons, admitting his use of steroids.  Here's what Dykstra said, according to an excerpt of Randall Lane's book, The Zeroes: My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane, published on the website, The Daily Beast:  "You know, I was like a pioneer for that stuff. … The juice. I was like the very first to do that. Me and (Jose) Canseco."  The statement confirms what was suggested in Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report, released in 2007. According to the Mitchell Report, Dykstra, now 47, admitted to former Mets clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski in 1989 that he had used steroids.  Canseco, who hit 462 career home runs, admitted to using steroids in 2005.  "At first it wasn't even illegal," Dykstra said, according' to Lane's book. "Then, after a few years, I had to go to a doctor, and get a prescription. You know how I got my stuff? Just walking into a pharmacy, bro. It was as simple as that."  Congress helped rein in steroid use with two amendments. In 1988, the distribution of anabolic steroids was made illegal unless it was done by order of a physician or for treating a disease. In 1990, harsher criminal penalties for the illegal distribution of them were imposed.  "You gotta understand, there were only 28 people who had my job in the whole world," said Dykstra, referring to the number of major league teams in 1993. "And thousands of people wanted those jobs, and every year, there were guys trying to take my job.  "So I needed to do anything I could to protect my job, take care of my family. Do you have any idea how much money was at stake? Do you?  Dykstra signed a four-year, $24.9 million contract with the Phillies following the 1993 season, in which he led the Phillies to the World Series. He hit .305 that year with 194 hits and 143 runs scored and finished second to Barry Bonds in the National League MVP voting. However, he never played another full major league season after that.  He won a World Series title with the Mets in 1986.
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