Lenny Dykstra calls out a few Major League Baseball umpires

“Their blood’s just as red as ours”, Dykstra said… “Some of them like women, some like men, some gamble, some of them do whatever”.

A flabbergasted Cowherd pressed further.

While at the plate, Dykstra would turn to umpires and ask them things like, “Did you cover the spread last night?” and the strike zone would subsequently become smaller for him.

“I had to do what I had to do to win”, he said, “and to support my family”.

Dykstra did indeed lead the National League in walks, with 129 in 1993.

“Well, a little more than that”, Dykstra responded.

After revealing he was aware of an umpire’s dirty laundry, Dykstra claims the strike zone would shrink.

This isn’t exactly mind-blowing coming from someone such as Dykstra, who’s been charged with everything from drug possession and grand theft auto to filing false financial statements, serving a stint in prison.

Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies phenom Lenny Dykstra said that he used information about gay umpires and others to blackmail them while he was in Major League Baseball.

“It wasn’t a coincidence I led the league in walks the next few years, was it?” he asked.

An injury-plagued playing career forced him to retire after the 1996 season.

Yikes. As we said, you probably shouldn’t put too much stock into this, and there’s no way of really proving or disproving it. But how insane is this accusation?