Troubled Players – Darryl Strawberry

posted by SportsNews 2:38 PM
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Mets Darryl StrawberryA prodigy and one of the most feared sluggers in the game of baseball with 335 home runs and 1,000 RBIs in a 17-year career with the Mets, Dodgers, Giants and Yankees.

 

Yet during his career alone his undeniable drug problem kept the potential of this star studded player from reaching his full potential. All together injuries, drinking and cocaine addiction sabotaged his career with 3 suspensions from the MLB due to substance abuse.

 

“The drinking and drugging, that was a way of punishing myself and the fans, too,” Darryl Strawberry said of his early years playing with the expectations and stress of his career with the New York Yankees. “I figured, ‘If you want to get negative on me, you won’t get the best out of me.’”

 

One of the games brightest stars, unfortunetly his personal life was that of a literal mess. From spousal abuse and divorce to federal tax evasion and battling cancer and his drug additions.

 

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