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Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra said he plans to sue former teammate Ron Darling over claims that he hurled racist insults at Red Sox pitcher Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd during Game 3 of the 1986 World Series. Dykstra — who played for the Mets from 1985 until 1989, when he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies — actually hit a leadoff home run against Boyd in Game 3 of that series, before later leading the team to a 4-3 series win against the Red Sox. Darling, however, alleges that Dykstra yelled racial slurs at Boyd throughout the game in his new book, “108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game,” which will be released on Tuesday.

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