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Daryl Strawberry has an autobiography -- "Straw: Finding My Way" -- coming out soon. If you’re looking for an inspirational rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-whatever Stawberry is now story, you’ll wanna pass on this one. But if you’re into the rolling drug and sex circus that was the mid-80’s Mets, with baseball serving as the backdrop (and you know you are), then mark your calendar’s for April 28th.
The Daily News has a taste of what Daryl offers up in the book and, well, it’s probably just about how you always imagined the 1986 Mets:
Beer "was the foundation of our alcoholic lifestyle," he writes. "We hauled around more Bud than the Clydesdales. The beer was just to get the party started and maybe take the edge off the speed and coke." ...Ah, the 80’s. Baseball, you were so much more pure back then. Players doing blow off their locker stools, chugging beer between innings and having mass orgies on the road -- you were so sweet and innocent. Now look at you, wrapped up in all these PEDs and workout regimens. It’s almost like you wanna make yourself a better product. Put down the pills and do a line off a stripper's chest already, geez.Strawberry relates how team members picked out girls from the stands for quickies. He once watched a pitcher march a frisky fan to a private room for oral sex: "I was jealous. When I saw her heading back to her seat, I gave her a sign. She smiled, turned right back around, and met me in that same little room .... I had to be quick and run back out on the field."
Another time, "I was in the clubhouse, having one last quickie with this cute little Florida girl. Charlie Samuels, the equipment manager, came in and caught us. He just stood there shaking his head while I finished up."
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Didn’t Chico Escuela already cover this in "Bad Stuff ’Bout The Mets?"
by jmcguire.tsn on Feb 11, 2009 5:19 PM EST reply actions
finally, a tell all book about baseball that talks about something real. he’s not selling a scandal, he’s telling the truth. and i bet it’s a fantastically fun ride to read it…way to go strawman!
by leaf89 on Feb 11, 2009 5:38 PM EST reply actions
Oh mercy, a Chico Escuela reference. I raise my coffee mug to you sir.
by No Mas Large.tsn on Feb 11, 2009 5:55 PM EST reply actions
I think I might get this.
by Fantasy King on Feb 11, 2009 7:49 PM EST reply actions
If you buy the book, you’re indirectly supporting the Medellin Cartel.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Feb 11, 2009 9:22 PM EST reply actions
I see your coke, speed, and whores, and raise you Doc Ellis pitching a no-no on acid.
by cjbassett on Feb 12, 2009 1:08 PM EST reply actions
I always wondered why Strawberry, with the bases loaded, two outs in the 9th, just stood there as the pitcher grooved a fastball over the plate. He must have been stoned out of his mind, and tired, from some quickie in the clubhouse.
by whamo on Feb 12, 2009 1:42 PM EST reply actions
What a wild life. i’m sure a lot of me people (me included) would trade their lives for his.
by dodger blues on Feb 12, 2009 6:21 PM EST reply actions
Im almost glad this is coming out, and I know Im not alone when I think this stuff is nowhere near as bad as the steroid scandal that wont go away…
I for one can admire a man who drinks in between innings and gets quickies a lot more than someone who does steroids.
by MetsHardcore on Feb 14, 2009 5:27 PM EST reply actions
Im almost glad this is coming out, and I know Im not alone when I think this stuff is nowhere near as bad as the steroid scandal that wont go away…
I for one can admire a man who drinks in between innings and gets quickies a lot more than someone who does steroids.
by MetsHardcore on Feb 14, 2009 5:31 PM EST reply actions
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