In a shockingly forthcoming interview with Fox’s Colin Cowherd Tuesday, former Phillies star Lenny Dykstra admitted that he hired private investigators to dig up dirt on Major League umpires in order to give himself an advantage.

“I said ‘I need these umpires,’ so what do I do? I just pulled a half-million bucks out and hired a private investigation team. Their blood is just as red as ours. Some of them like women, some of them like men, some of them gamble. Some of them do whatever … It wasn’t a coincidence do you think that I led the league in walks the next two years, was it? Fear does a lot to a man.

‘Hey, so did you cover last night?’ He called a strike. ‘Oh I don’t think you heard me. Did you cover the spread last night?'”

Dykstra did lead MLB in walks in 1993 with 129. Dykstra was a three-time All-Star, and won the World Series with the Mets in 1986, but led a troubled life in retirement. In 2011, Dykstra was arrested for bankruptcy fraud, and later that year was again arrested for grand theft auto after becoming involved in a car theft scheme, among other charges. Dykstra spent six and a half months in prison, an experience he said changed his life. Dykstra told Cowherd that he is currently writing a book, in which he will explain why he believes he should not have been imprisoned.