Darryl Strawberry

And he was hammered in game four of the league playoffs against the Mets.

Both Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds, the power hitters, hit consecutive home runs against him.

And they spun him out with eight hits and four runs in five innings.

0-2 to McGuire.

Well, you'll have to stay tuned into this podcast to see how accurate that prediction would turn out to be.

And Darryl Strawberry was also there holding his then 16-month-old son, Darryl Strawberry Jr.

A photo of Darryl holding Darryl Jr. while on the City Hall stage would be featured prominently in the next day's newspapers.

The ceremony concluded with a famous image of Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez holding up the World Series trophy together.

He wrote in this book, it was a simple garden variety hangover.

I finally put my head on the pillow at eight, foolishly thinking a few minutes of napping would refresh me.

He then wrote that at ten in the morning, Darryl Strawberry walked up to his Long Island house and started knocking on the door.

As Straw knocked and pounded on the door, Gooden said he lay silent in the bedroom, and eventually Straw yelled, "'Doc, you coming? Come on, we've got to get to the parade!' Gooden rationalized his behavior, saying, I didn't want fans to see me in that condition.

Yours truly will be back behind the plate today.

Batting fifth will be Darryl Strawberry.

Batting sixth and playing left field will be George Foster.

Batting seventh will be playing Ray Knight at third base.

Hernandez, best first baseman in the league.

Carter's behind the plate.

The outfield is Forrest Foster, Dykstra, and Strawberry.

You know, there is some bad feeling, they tell me, between the two ball clubs as you look at Fernandez's numbers.

Nipper has to erase that mistake.

On deck, Darryl Strawberry.

Got him on the outside corner.

No runs, no hits, a man left.

I was always surprised, and we really pointed it out that day, about how the glove wound up behind his left leg.

He was so vulnerable to a comeback.

Well, now here's Darryl Strawberry.

Big, slow curveball for a strike.

Two on, nobody out, but Tim Leary buckles down, strikes out Dave Magadan.

Next batter would be Darryl Strawberry.

Take a seat, Darryl.

Next, Kevin McReynolds strikes him out.

34-minute rain delay.

Mets score twice in the bottom of three here.

Darryl Strawberry hits Tim Leary deep left

field.

His dad went in the 29th.

You look at an Eric Davis and a Darryl Strawberry.

They played in the same area, came out of high school at the same time.

Strawberry, a first-round pick.

And if you're the manager, Tommy Lasorda, how do you feel about losing your biggest gun?

And in my opinion, not to take anything away from Darryl Strawberry or Van Slyke or McReynolds, because if you're going to look at numbers, those guys have some good numbers.

But you've got to look at what a man does for his ball club.

What would that club have done without him? In my opinion, I think Kurt Gibson should be the most valuable player in the National League.