Disgraced New York Mets legend Lenny Dykstra claims he spent $500,000 spying on baseball umpires after catching them having gay sex and affairs before blackmailing them to get better calls at the plate
- Lenny Dykstra claims in a new interview that he paid $500,000 to have private investigators spy on baseball umpires in 1993
- Dykstra said he caught them having affairs and gay sex, then blackmailed them with this information to get better calls at the plate
- In 1993 Dykstra led the league in walks, and was the runner-up in MVP voting
- Many believe Dykstra is making these claims to help sell his upcoming book about his life
- One of the two umpires in the league at the time who has since come out as gay said he was never blackmailed by Dykstra
- Dykstra also talked about his steroid use in the interview, which he said began before the 1990 season
