Former Met center fielder Lenny Dykstra worked himself out of a jam yesterday, settling a lawsuit over an unpaid $139,000 bill from a Midtown accounting firm.
The scrappy former leadoff hitter known as “Nails” wouldn’t reveal any details after the closed-door court session in Manhattan federal court.
But the three-time All-Star bragged that plaintiff DDK & Co. “folded like Mitch Williams in the ninth,” a reference to his former Phillie teammate who notoriously served up a World Series-winning homer to Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993.
“There was no case. There was nothing,” the now paunchy fireplug said while munching on a handful of Twizzlers.
Dykstra – who claims to have reaped $60 million playing the stock market – also laughed off another recent suit that accuses him of being a deadbeat.
Halcyon Jets alleged this month that Dykstra bounced a $7,000 check for a September flight from Las Vegas to Van Nuys, Calif.
“That’s my f- – -in’ ashtray money, bro,” he said. “I don’t even know if I flew on their plane.”
Dykstra also showed The Post the jacket lining of his charcoal-gray pinstripe suit. “See that purple label, bro? That’s seven large,” he said.
Dykstra was accompanied to court by lawyer Daniel Noveck of Pasadena, Calif., who replaced the firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, which begged off his case in September over unpaid bills.
Outside the courthouse, the hard-charging 45-year-old juggled two cellphones as he worked on a deal to launch what he said would be the first Rolls-Royce-branded private airplanes.
He said the Gulfstream G550s would sell for $60 million apiece.
Dykstra, who writes the “Nails on the Numbers” column for thestreet.com, also displayed a copy of the latest issue of The Players Club, his troubled lifestyle and advice magazine for athletes.
He said he was losing $500,000 a month on the 25,000-circulation glossy but wasn’t worried.
“It’s not about money,” he said. “It’s about giving back.”
He also lamented the sight of a hunched-over elderly woman crossing the street.
“See that? I’m going to be walking like that. I crashed into too many walls,” he said.