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Teary-eyed Lenny Dykstra shares touching letter written by Darren Daulton

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After the death of Phillies great Darren Daulton, who passed away Sunday night after a four-year battle with brain cancer, former teammate Lenny Dykstra took to Facebook to deliver a moving message about the man he has come to refer to as a brother.

“Dutch, as we called him, was a warrior and a leader,” Dykstra said early Monday in a video, fighting back tears. “He was the kind of guy that you wanted on your team, and he was without a doubt the unquestionable leader on a team that went from last from first in 1993, where we made baseball fun again in Philadelphia.