Ron Darling
Ron Darling is reported to be taking a leave of absence from his job at SNY for health reasons (https://nypost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/…/ron-darling-t…/amp/…), which is always a sad situation.
It seems unrelated to his recent legal woes, but it certainly clears him to focus both on his health,case well as the coming lawsuit, without other distractions.
IF Dennis Boyd (the Red Sox pitcher), or Wally Backman (the on deck batter) had backed up Darling's account, then the truth would've been the best possible defense for such an accusation.
Unfortunately, neither Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, nor Wally Backman have been much help. Boyd has said he doesn't recall the alleged tirade and Backman said it never happened.
Couple that with Ron Darling having mentioned the incident in a previous book, but without any alleged racial aspect, and add to that the fact that Darryl Strawberry, Doc Gooden and Kevin Mitchell (all black men) also defend Len Dykstra, it would seem Ron Darling has a problem.
How big of a problem?
Someone asked me what I think Len Dykstra's damages would be?
I have no idea. An attorney might guess, a judge might have an idea...but I'm neither and so, I just don't know.
He isn't an active MLB player. He wasn't fired from a ball club over this, nor has Dykstra been a high profile pitchman, losing sponsors and ad revenues over this, so there's no apparent loss of income.
His credibility?
His many legal troubles have eroded that already, besides, like Charles Barkley, Len Dykstra has a "bad boy" image.
Seriously, if some teammate wrote that Sir Charles went off on a "racist rant" against whites, or Asians, how would that hurt Barkley's "bad boy" image?
In fact he'd probably sell a ton of books next time he penned one.
SAME with Dykstra. I think more people would want to read an account from Dykstra, rather than Darling's.
So, what are Len Dykstra's damages?
They appear to be minimal, but a court will have to decide that, BUT even if he won $1 it'd at least clear his name from the ugly charges Ron Darling has made against him, which no other Mets appear to support.
As for Darling, both his credibility and character are at stake here. If he's shown to have made up that ugly charge to sell books, both his character and his believability take big hits. That could potentially hurt book sales and possibly lead to SNY cutting ties with him.
There appear to be no winners in this, which is sad, considering they were once teammates on a World Series winning ball club.
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