PHILADELPHIA -- The latest edition of Penthouse magazine alleges that Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra illegally bet $5,000 on a college basketball game on March 29, 1990 -- a bet handled by a man described as "the biggest bookmaker in Florida."
Dykstra denied yesterday that he had bet on the game. He said baseball commissioner Fay Vincent had investigated the charge and had cleared him of any wrongdoing. Vincent also had assured him that this incident did not represent a violation of the one-year gambling probation imposed upon him in March, Dykstra said.
