Former New York Mets player Lenny Dykstra has responded to a tell-all book from star pitcher Ron Darling that claims he is a racist. In his book, 108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darnedest Characters from My Time in the Game, Darling claimed that Dykstra’s vile racism might have been the key to their historic 1986 World Series title. “... It was the worst collection of taunts and insults I’d ever heard—worse, I’m betting, than anything Jackie Robinson might have heard,” Darling writes. Dykstra denies the claim. “I admit that I have done things in my life that I am not proud of, but I own those mistakes,” Dykstra told the New York Post. “This just didn’t happen.” Dykstra goes on to insult Darling and question the book's legitimacy. “Not one person called me from Darling’s minor league publishing house,” Dykstra says. “Mr. Perfect — that’s what I call Darling — did it for one reason: his ego. He always tries to come across as humble, but he’s full of sh-t. ... he wasn’t really in the mix with the rest of us. He was a loner...”
