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Today Is The 15th Anniversary Of My Favorite Baseball Fight Ever
Thanks to Camden Chat for the heads up that it’s been 15 years since the O’s-Yanks brawl that Armando Benitez touched off by beaning Tino Martinez and Alan Mills ended by clocking Darryl Strawberry. See the Mills punch below at the 37-second mark; it is the best.
Here’s a Shea Stadium video of Mike Tyson, Darryl Strawberry, and Doc Gooden
Now not a whole lot needs said.
I’m a sucker for old Shea Stadium. I really got caught up in the place. The Mets were on top of the world in 1986. Punch Out for the Nintendo starring Mike Tyson was about a year from release. Tyson was in the midst the biggest, baddest moments of his prime.
There’s something special about this footage I can’t quite put my finger on. These three...
Memorable sports moment of the week – Darryl Strawberry debuts as a professional with the New York Mets
Famed right fielder Darryl Strawberry debuted as a professional with the New York Mets 30 years ago today on May 6, 1983. The 21-year-old Strawberry, taken by New York out of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles with the first overall pick in the 1980 MLB Draft, recorded his first hit two days later on May 8. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, the 6-foot-6, 200 pound Strawberry...
20+ Years Of Musical Chairs In Right Field Since Strawberry Left
This was originally posted two years ago on January 11, 2011, and was written by the brilliant Ed Leyro. With all the fuss about the Mets outfield these days, I thought this was a nice reminder that at least where right field is concerned, it’s been 22 years and we still haven’t found a suitable replacement for Darryl Strawberry. So grab a hot cup of your favorite brew, pull...
Tom Seaver Asks Darryl Strawberry If He's Wearing Handcuffs in Awkward Moment at Mets Event (Video)
Darryl Strawberry and Tom Seaver both scooped up World Series rings while playing for the Mets. The competitive fire in each former big leaguer still burns. Things got a bit awkward when Strawberry was asked during a recent all-time team event whether his 1986 squad or Seaver's 1969 championship group would win if the two teams were matched up with Seaver and Dwight Gooden on...
Video: Tom Seaver asks Darryl Strawberry about his handcuffs
We all know that Darryl Strawberry, the former New York Mets great, has a few demons from his past. He has walked the straight and narrow the last few years and recently took part in an event honoring the All-Time Mets. He was asked a question about the 69 Mets and the 86 version, and [...]
AWK--WARD
Seaver makes rude comment to Straw
During a question-and-answer session with the Mets All-Time Team, Tom Seaver asked Darryl Strawberry a rude question related to his sordid past.
Doc Gooden's son is a rapper
I've gotta think that when Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry and the rest of the band of misfits from the 1986 New York Mets got together to make a rap song...they thought they were on to something.I mean, Steve Fuller and Mike Singletary made it all look so effortless when they recorded the "SuperBowl Shuffle" less than a year before.But I've got news for you "...
Recounting the departure of Darryl Strawberry
It’s been about two weeks since Jose Reyes left for greener pastures by bolting the Mets franchise for the beaches of Miami and of course a lucrative $106 million dollar contract.
Some Mets fans are not over his departure. Some may never get over it. The pain of losing a crowd-pleasing home-grown player can’t be digested easily.
Believe me, I know.
In this piece I’m going...
Photo: Darryl Strawberry alone on the field during World Series postponement
The days of aperture, shutter speed, and dark rooms. Remember that?
Digital photography just does not capture an image like this one. This image is truly art.
The way that the light renders, the darkness on Strawberry’s left, the brightness on his right, and the way the stadium lights look in the fog/rain are all just awesome.
Image from Daily News Pix. Hat tip to the Strawman...
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