(CBSNewYork)- A New York judge has dismissed former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra’s defamation and libel lawsuit against former teammate Ron Darling.
New York Supreme Court Judge Robert D. Kalish dismissed Dykstra’s lawsuit on Friday according to ESPN citing the outfielder’s “reputation for unsportsmanlike conduct and bigotry is already so tarnished that it cannot be further injured.”
Dykstra brought the lawsuit over claims that Darling made in his book, “108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game,” published last year. In the book, Darling wrote that Dykstra had shouted racial taunts at Boston Red Sox pitcher Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd while in the on-deck circle in Game 3 of the 1986 World Series.