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The New York Mets are retiring outfielder Darryl Strawberry’s No. 18 on Saturday, and they had a great gesture for the former outfielder as part of the festivities. For Saturday’s game, the Mets tweaked the trademark “Big …
New York Mets legend Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack. Strawberry shared a photo of himself on Instagram late Monday night that showed him in a hospital bed at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in Lake Saint Louis, Mo. The former No. …
The New York Mets have made a decision that many fans hold differing opinions on. The Mets announced on Thursday that they are officially retiring the jersey numbers of Dwight “Doc” Gooden (No. 16) and Darryl Strawberry (No. 18). The plan …
It’s only June 23 and Pete Alonso has already set the New York Mets’ rookie home run record. Alonso smacked a solo home run in the fourth inning Sunday to tie the Mets and Chicago Cubs at one. That was Alonso’s 27th home run of the …
Darryl Strawberry is trying to get through to Doc Gooden because he’s fearful that his former New York Mets teammate is on a destructive path that could end with death. Strawberry expressed concern last week after the former Cy Young pitcher …
Former New York Met Darryl Strawberry fears for his former teammate Dwight Gooden’s life after the ex-pitcher failed to show up for a scheduled event. Strawberry and Gooden were slated to do a joint interview on WFAN on Thursday night, but …
Darryl Strawberry probably would have been a Hall of Famer if he didn’t do so many unadvisable things off the field during his playing career. And when we say off the field, we mean even in the clubhouse and dugout in the middle of games. In an …
The Mets are off to a 29-22 start and currently sit in second place in the National League East. They have one of the better starting rotations in baseball and are fresh off their first postseason appearance since 2006. However, if they want to build …
Darryl Strawberry says that notorious urban legend about Kevin Mitchell is actually true. Doc Gooden in his 1999 book “Heat” wrote that his former New York Mets teammate Mitchell once decapitated his girlfriend’s cat during an …
It’s too bad I wasn’t unleashed on this Earth until Straw’s rookie season because from what I’ve been told, he was a pretty darn good ballplayer. By the time I began to understand anything about anything, Strawberry was just a …
