• 15 Oct 2009 at 4:39 PM

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

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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.

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    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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