A New York judge dismissed a defamation and libel lawsuit Lenny Dykstra had filed against former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling, according to ESPN.com.
New York Supreme Court Judge Robert D. Kalish determined that Dykstra's "reputation for unsportsmanlike conduct and bigotry is already so tarnished that it cannot be further injured."
In his book, 108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game, Darling alleged Dykstra had directed racist insults toward Boston Red Sox pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd during the 1986 World Series:
"Lenny was leading off for us that night, as he did most nights when he was in the lineup, and as Oil Can was taking his final warmups on the mound, Lenny was in the on-deck circle shouting every imaginable and unimaginable insult and expletive in his direction—foul, racist, hateful, hurtful stuff.