• 15 Oct 2009 at 4:39 PM

Raise Your Hand If You’re A Former Met Who Owes Back Taxes

By Greg Michaels

Ron Darling.jpgAt this rate, the ’86 Mets will be known more for fielding a team of future legal disasters than beating the Red Sox. Lenny Dykstra teammate Ron Darling is reportedly about $544k short of being considered square with various state and federal agencies. The three batters Darling needs to retire are the IRS for $446.5k owed, the State of New York for $12.5k and the State of California for $85k. But there may be at least a ray of hope for the right-hander. Assuming he hasn’t done so already, recent transactions in the increasingly liquid market for ’86 World Series rings suggest a solid $50k of debt could be wiped off the books pretty quickly.

Comments (12)

  1. 1
    Posted by Jim Cramer | October 15, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    Guy is tax dodging genius. One of the greats. He’s applying the same skills to tax paying as he did to sports.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    Ha. He and that jackass Skippy Carey or whatever his name is were SO horrible calling the ALDS someone at the IRS decided to do something about it. They found a way to make the post season in the Bronx horribly boring- No small feat.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    @1 ftw

  4. 4
    Posted by Bill Buckner | October 15, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    I bid 25 for the ring

  5. 5
    Posted by pfluger | October 15, 2009 at 4:52 PM

    Nails and Ronnie are tarnishing my greatness.
    -darryl strawberry

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    What’s next? Rusty Staub is a cross-dresser?

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Looks like someone got cocky with the IRS and had a bit of an “I’m Keith Hernandez” moment

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    #1..I’m a let you finish, I really am. But I got to say something first. Wesley Snipes was one of the best tax evaders ever!

  9. 9
    Posted by Mookie | October 15, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    This is old news – was in the paper 2 days ago. Come on, there isnt that much news going on.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    Greg -
    Raise your hand if your a douche bag. You should raise both of them.
    Love,
    Mom

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    One of the few 1986 Mets that actually has a college degree, from Yale no less.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | October 15, 2009 at 11:09 PM

    He wants everyone to smell his armpit in that picture!

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