Darryl Strawberry now passing along lessons on baseball, life

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 Darryl Strawberry now passing along lessons on baseball, life
None of the Savannah Sand Gnats players were born when the New York Mets made Darryl Strawberry the No. 1 overall pick of the June 1980 baseball draft. Nor were any alive when "Straw" made his major league debut in May 1983. They were only young boys when the eight-time All-Star right fielder retired in 1999 as a New York Yankee after a sometimes glorious, sometimes tumultuous and often ... [link]

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Darryl Strawberry Teachin Them Kids Right
Published 6/10/2008 by Chimpanzee Rage (noreply@blogger.com) at Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos
... Last weekend, Strawberry was at the single A Savannah Sand Gnats complex giving all sorts of advice to their young hitters, something he wishes he had when he was coming up to the majors: ...

Darryl Strawberry - Role Model
Published 6/11/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Nathan Dominitz of the Savannah Morning News calls Straw, currently employed as a roving instructor in the Mets’ minor league system, “a cautionary tale of well-chronicled involvement with drugs and legal troubles, failed family situations and a bout with colon cancer.”  On the other hand, that all sounds miles better than sharing a dressing room with Chris Cotter (link courtesy ...

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I couldn't think of a better place for a former all-star cokehead than teaching young baseball players how to be professional ball players. Darryl Strawberry is a roving instructor for the New York Mets organization, a job given to him by Mets VP and GM Omar Minaya where Straw will visit the affiliates from the rookie leagues to Class AAA. Last weekend, Strawberry was at the single A ...