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The Post reported that Darryl Strawberry and
Kevin Mitchell, who were teammates of Dykstra on the New York
Mets, said Dykstra was in good spirits and set to undergo
further evaluation at UCLA Medical Center.
The former players said the 61-year-old Dykstra had been moved
out of intensive care. Mitchell told the Post that Dykstra would
likely be hospitalized into next week.
"He's laying down, but he is being Lenny," Mitchell told the
Post. "We get to an age now where we have got to take care of
ourselves. I told him he has to take more care of himself. You
can't let stress bother you. He's been through a lot. I love him
with all my heart."
Dykstra was on the 1986 Mets championship team with Strawberry
and Mitchell and played for New York from 1985-89 before being
traded to the Philadelphia Phillies.
In 1993, Dykstra was runner-up for National League MVP honors as
the Phillies reached the World Series before losing to the
Toronto Blue Jays on Joe Carter's series-ending walk-off homer.
In 12 major league seasons (1985-96), Dykstra batted .285 with
81 homers, 404 RBIs and 285 steals in 1,278 games.
Since his career ended, Dykstra has been in a slew of trouble
and spent 6 1/2 months in jail over 2012-13 due to bankruptcy
fraud, money laundering, grand theft auto and false financial
statements charges. Among other incidents was an alleged threat
by Dykstra to kill a Uber driver in 2018. Those charges were
later dropped.
Strawberry defended Dykstra to the Post.
"He's a special friend and I will never turn my back on him and
say negative things about him because his life has had some
challenges. We've all had challenges," Strawberry said.
"I think a lot of times people look at a person and say, ‘Look
at what happened to him.' It's not for us to judge people. If
you are not trying to help the situation it's better to not say
anything. That is clearly what I believe."
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