"He began sending e-mails to Jim Cramer, the host of "Mad Money," on CNBC, with questions and tips. "My first reaction was that it wasn't Dykstra, that someone was just using his name because they thought it was funny," Cramer told me recently. "My second reaction was: 'My sister's a huge fan. Can I have your autograph?' He sent this huge poster that said, 'Nan, I love you.' " (Cramer's sister is named Nan.) Cramer eventually encouraged Dykstra to write a daily column for his financial site, TheStreet.com, and "Nails on the Numbers," one of the site's biggest traffic generators in recent memory, was born. Writing it typically took Dykstra all night. "Me and Mr. Thesaurus were, like, buddies," he said."

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