Lenny Dykstra, a former baseball player for the New York Mets, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke.
According to reports, Dykstra was initially placed in the Intensive Care Unit but made significant progress with his health scare and was transferred.
Lenny Dykstra Feels Better After Hospital Stroke
After being in the hospital for several days, Dykstra’s former Mets teammates, Darryl Strawberry, and Kevin Mitchell, have confirmed that he is in good spirits and out of the ICU. The best friend revealed that they had spoken with Dykstra the day before, and that he was awaiting further evaluation at UCLA Medical Center, where he was hospitalized.
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“He knows it’s me, so that’s always a good sign. He’s on the mend,” Strawberry said, rating the former center fielder as an 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of his health.
Mitchell, on the other hand, had this to say about his former teammate, “He’s laying down, but he’s being Lenny. We have come to a time where we have to take care of ourselves. I told him he needed to take better care of himself. You can’t let stress get in your way. He went through a lot. I love him with all my heart.”
The details of Dykstra’s hospitalization are not fully known. However, Mitchell confirmed that he may remain under observation for another week before he is released.
Dykstra has battled his demons since he retired in 1996 at age 35 after an injury-riddled career. He was charged with grand theft auto in 2011 and a year later pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud. The former athlete has also been charged with sexual assault and facing third-degree terroristic threats after threatening to kill an Uber driver in 2018 between felony assaults.
Strawberry, defending his friend’s shaky past, told the New York Post, “I’m worried about a lot of guys that I’ve played with, what’s going on with them, and he’s one of those guys. He’s a special friend and I’m not going to turn my back on him and say anything negative about him because his life has had some challenges. We’ve all faced challenges.”
He continued, “I think a lot of times people look at someone and say, ‘Look what happened to him.’ It’s not for us to judge people. If you’re not trying to help the situation, it’s better not to say anything. That’s clearly what I believe.”
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Dykstra played with Strawberry and Mitchell on the Mets’ 1986 championship team and was with New York until 1989 when he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The career MLB star boasted a .285 hit with 81 homers, 404 RBI, and 285 steals in 1,278 games.
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