WASHINGTON — Lenny Dykstra is hitting “below the belt” with comments about former manager Davey Johnson in his new autobiography, according to a prominent ex-Mets pitcher.
In his new book, “House of Nails,” the hard-charging former outfielder called Johnson a “lucky” manager who battled the bottle.
“He was drunk every night and frequently hung over just enough the next day to not know what was going on,” Dykstra wrote. “That and he was probably the worst communicator I’ve been associated with in baseball.”
But Dykstra’s former teammate Ron Darling on Monday took exception with that characterization of Johnson.