said that Smith "did very well" with the sale. In 2000, Dykstra and other members of the 1986 Mets' World Championship team threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 of the World Series at Shea Stadium against the New York Yankees. In 2002, Dykstra made another much-anticipated return to New York after being elected to the Mets' 40th Anniversary All-Amazin' Team. He returned to Shea in 2006 for the Mets' 20th-anniversary celebration of their 1986 World Championship. He then voiced a greater desire to get back into baseball and his name surfaced as a possible Mets coach or even manager. He also served as part-time instructor at the Mets' spring training camp in Port St. Lucie. He came back to Flushing for the last time on September 28, 2008 for the Farewell to Shea Stadium ceremony held after the final game of that season. Starting in 2016, Dykstra has become a recurring guest on the Barstool Sports' podcast segment, Locker Room Talk, during Pardon My Take hosted by Dan "Big Cat" Katz and PFT Commenter. The segment involved the hosts prank-calling Dykstra's personal cell phone and asking him vulgar questions. Most instances of Locker Room Talk end with Dykstra angrily hanging up. In the book 108 Stitches (2019) by former teammate Ron Darling, it was alleged that Dykstra hurled racist taunts at Red Sox pitcher Oil Can Boyd from the on-deck circle during the 1986 World Series. Dykstra publicly and vociferously denied the story and was publicly supported in his denial by former teammates Dwight Gooden, Kevin Mitchell, Darryl Strawberry and Wally Backman. Dykstra attempted to sue Darling for defamation in April 2020 but the case was dismissed on June 1, 2020, with the judge citing Dykstra's documented reputation as being "among other things, racist, misogynist and anti-gay, as well as a sexual predator, a drug-abuser, a thief and an embezzler" as the reason. House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge On June 28, 2016, Dykstra released an autobiography titled House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge. House of Nails landed at No. 11 on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for July 17, 2016. Rebound Finance On October 5, 2016, Dykstra and Rebound Finance, a credit referral company, announced their partnership. The partnership is still ongoing with Dykstra acting as the brand's ambassador. According to a press release published by