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Baseball great Darryl Strawberry went from swatting homers to saving souls. Ex-Mets catcher Barry Lyons, a recovering alcoholic, credits Straw — now an evangelical minister — with saving his life.
Darryl Strawberry — there was always something about him. You could see it in his face. Strawberry can’t tell you much about the Mets’ left-handed bats off the bench.
Darryl Strawberry, a former Major League Baseball right fielder who is an ordained minister, speaks with 148 incarcerated men at the Roxbury Correctional Institution.
Darryl Strawberry will have his No. 18 retired by the Mets next season. AP “I’m thrilled that two iconic members of the 1986 championship club will have their numbers retired in 2024,” Mets ...
Darryl Strawberry suffered a heart attack Monday night and is now recovering, the former Mets and Yankees star announced. Strawberry, who turned 62 on Tuesday, praised God for saving his life in ...
Darryl Strawberry was honored before the American Association All-Star Game in St. {Paul in 2008. (Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Comment Gift Share Listen ...
Darryl Strawberry told New York Mets fans it was a mistake to leave for the Los Angeles Dodgers 34 years ago. Strawberry spoke for 16 minutes as his No. 18 was retired before a game against ...
It was very serious. Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry at the 1986 Mets 30th anniversary reunion celebration at Citi Field on May 28, 2016, in New York City. (Adrian Edwards/WireImage) ...
A little over 18 years ago, Darryl Strawberry’s now-wife, Tracy, was pulling him out of drug houses. As he, in his own words, “was shooting dope, smoking crack and just wanted to die,” she ...
Strawberry is also obligated to support two children from his first marriage: a 12-year-old daughter, Diamond, and a 15-year-old son, Darryl Jr., a promising 6-4 baseball player who already has ...
Strawberry is best remembered for his time with the Mets, with whom he won the National League Rookie of the Year and was ...
Darryl Strawberry, the ordained minister in this town 30 miles west of St. Louis, is very much alive. "I'm over 'Strawberry,' " he tells USA TODAY Sports. "I'm over Mets. I'm over Yankees.