Former Met sparkplug Lenny Dykstra sounded ready to charge the mound yesterday after finding out he’s being sued by a Midtown accounting firm that says he took a walk on a $111,000 tab.
“These are the guys that charged a hundred grand to try to do my taxes. What does that tell you?” an incredulous Dykstra said in a phone interview yesterday.
The ex-outfielder, known as “Nails” for his rough-and-tumble style on and off the field, claimed his former accountant charged the fee after striking out on preparing his returns properly.
“They had to do it three times,” Dykstra said.
The suit filed in Manhattan federal court by DDK & Company claims Dykstra and his wife, Terry, refused to pay for services provided between February and June of 2007 – racking up a bill that has since grown to nearly $139,000 with penalties.
The former All-Star said he felt personally betrayed by the lawsuit because the accountant who worked on his return, Jeffrey Feinman, is someone he considered a good friend.
“He stayed at my house. He supposedly was my buddy. I took him to 50 dinners – steak and lobster,” said the star outfielder, who now lives in Southern California. “The dinners were OK . . . but I didn’t know I was going to pay for them twice.”
Calls to DDK’s attorney, Benjamin Golub, and Feinman were not returned.
In 1986, Dykstra hit a game-winning – and career-making – home run in Game 3 of the NLCS and went on to propel the Mets to their second World Series victory.