Lenny Dykstra Threatens to ‘Drop’ Former Mets Teammate Ron Darling
After being accused of using racial epithets during the 1986 World Series, Lenny Dykstra wants to “drop” his accuser Ron Darling. How a couple of former New York Mets teammates owned New York baseball in Opening Week.
In Ron Darling‘s new book “108 Stitches,” Darling accuses former New York Mets teammate Lenny Dykstra of shouting “foul, racist, hateful, hurtful stuff” in the direction of Boston Red Sox pitcher Dennis Boyd during the 1986 World Series.
Taking exception to this, Dykstra took matters into his own hands on Monday, calling the YES Network and ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Show” (TMKS) to defend himself. “When you start bringing up this kind of stuff, this is crossing the line… it’s flat-out lies,” Dykstra told Michael Kay.
The TMKS interview was cut short after Dykstra was unable to keep his cool, dropping multiple curse words on national TV and radio. In fact, when asked what he would say to Darling, Dykstra said that he’d “drop him like a red-headed f–king stepchild.”
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Michael Kay took this opportunity to get to the bottom of Darling’s claims, taking to a couple of other members of the 1986 Mets Dwight Gooden and Kevin Mitchel. Both men insisted that they did not hear Dykstra utter any racial epithets.
Neither put it past him as well.
Earlier in the day, Ron Darling appeared on WFAN’s Mike Francesa’s show. There, Darling explained his comments, saying,
“The world has changed. What was said 33 years ago in a fraternity of young men trying to play a sport, as you look back on it when you’re 57 or 58 years old, you’re kind of ashamed of the complicity of yourself to these kind of things.”
You have to wonder, why after 33-years is this coming to light? At the same time, why fabricate a story that could easily be debunked by the number of teammates still around from the 1986 Mets?
Sure, “Doc” Gooden and Mitchell don’t believe Darling’s claims, but what about Kieth Hernandez or Gary Carter or Darryl Strawberry?
Next. Three takeaways from the Mets opening series victory against the Nationals. dark
What do they have to say about Darling’s claims?