Him, griff & will the trill…they made me wanna be a lefty so bad as a kid
@aspe71875 ай бұрын
@@meekmozart5216 And Josh Hamilton. Effortless flow. It looked like he was playing professional slow pitch softball against amateurs.
@meekmozart52165 ай бұрын
@@aspe7187 true indeed, josh was poetry in motion…guess I showed my age with the guys I named 🤣😳👍🏾
@LordofLiquorice3 ай бұрын
Griffey Jr imo. Also Ted Williams.
@dmac154013 жыл бұрын
Darryl is my favorite player of all time. What a sweet swing he had, but he could do it all on the field. This brought back so many great childhood memories!!
@fieryphoenix5862 жыл бұрын
This guy was a guest speaker at my church today. I don't know much about him, but he had a very powerful story. After the sermon, he was taking pictures with people, so I decided to get one.
@LadyDuchess2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, a lot folks don’t realize or remember that Darryl had a cannon of an arm and could throw to home plate with ease.
@dmac154012 жыл бұрын
@@LadyDuchess he certainly did have a cannon! Everything about him screamed cool to me as a kid tho; his batting stance, his swing, his swagger, even his name was cool. Those Mets teams from 1983-90 were beyond entertaining. Plus Ralph Kiner & Tim McCarver in the WWOR booth were just two of the goat!!
@LadyDuchess2 жыл бұрын
@@dmac15401 Tim McCarver used to work my nerves but I certainly remember the WWOR/channel 9 days and Kiner’s Korner after the games. Doc was my fav but I always liked Straw’s swag. Being a Met fan in the 80s (especially in ‘86) is an experience and a bond that is unexplainable.
@dmac154012 жыл бұрын
@@LadyDuchess yeah, I can definitely see how McCarver could be annoying. I think it was a familiarity thing with me back then. I always looked forward to Kiner’s Corner too! He was already legendary in my area (Pittsburgh) but he always had a smooth, chill vibe to him.
@babywatt19644 жыл бұрын
He hit the top of the old Olympic stadium roof....no steroids!!!!!!!
@neksk1002 жыл бұрын
He’d hoped to knock some snow off the roof tho. Haha. Miss the ‘80s ball players
@KTF02 жыл бұрын
Plenty o greenies tho
@Gixzer042 жыл бұрын
Lol just a lot of cocaine 😂.
@evsrax95562 жыл бұрын
Steroids werent used but lots of cocaine was
@satoshisata3409 Жыл бұрын
9:23
@JoshyP7443 жыл бұрын
Strawberry was one of a kind , we will never see his like again
@babywatt19644 жыл бұрын
I'm glad i got to experience those days.
@raincntry2657 Жыл бұрын
Favorite all time player. I LOVE Darryl.
@tomq51807 ай бұрын
Straw was just so graceful.. everything he did on the field..as other hv said his was the sweetest swing! As exciting at the plate as reggie ..or more..
@walterbison Жыл бұрын
The man who made me a Mets fan (and a baseball fan). I was scorned in '91 when he signed with LA and was talking trash about the Mets and then going on to playing for the YANKEES of all teams but time moves on and he'll always be my favorite Met.
@keishaedwards38603 жыл бұрын
Had a crush on Darryl...a beast with the home runs and steals..
@nyterpfan6 ай бұрын
That smooth, whip-like swing--Straw had the greatest LH power swing I've seen in my baseball watching lifetime! (Griffey Jr. also had a beautiful swing--but Straw just had that SNAP to it along with the smoothness!)
@LDehaut3 жыл бұрын
It did hit the top of the stadium, I remember it very well.
@satoshisata3409 Жыл бұрын
9:23
@deadslash736 Жыл бұрын
Very cool find, I'm a massive Steawberry fan, I have his jersey with every team beside the Giamts who he played like 20 games for. He's always been my favorite player of all time. I had no idea his leg kick developed so much over time. He almost has no step on his first MLB hit.
@seandon2511 Жыл бұрын
the best swing in all of baseball
@corthofler20073 жыл бұрын
He was something SPECIAL,had NY at his feet drugs and occasional disinterest, stopped him from having his bust in COOPERSTOWN ! By the way Kirk Gibson has Darryl's MVP and HE KNOWS IT !!!
@frankkiser58612 жыл бұрын
Spot on pretty much everything you said. And YES Strawberry should have absolutely been 1988 NL MVP. That was stolen from him that's a fact..
@mrrida5032 жыл бұрын
Amen brutha ⚾
@cybrhunk3332 жыл бұрын
Darryl Strawberry is simply A M A Z I N G!!! 🙂
@theANGRIERone2 жыл бұрын
Just read he'll be at Old Timer's Day, so I had to come look him up to relive my childhood memories of this man. He was IT back in the day. The guy you stopped what you were doing to watch him at bat. I remember that 30/30 moment like it was yesterday.
@lotsaringwear293711 ай бұрын
Love the walkoff against Franco
@paulyp98533 ай бұрын
I was at that game. Straw was my favorite player ever. Lived and died with at bats. Funny thing is I lived in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. So did Franco. That winter Franco was in the gym I went to. So we started talking. Great dude by the way, but I had to mention that I was there for that homer. He laughed, but then told me the date, the pitch and the count.
@byra41714 жыл бұрын
LFGM love ya Mets
@Manatti063 жыл бұрын
I'm digging the 80's music theme
@NAPZ_TV3 жыл бұрын
These were the BEST DAYS of my life 🍾🍾
@timburr44536 ай бұрын
sweet swing. long lanky and smooth...and generated a ton of power
@chocboywunda6 ай бұрын
I love this guy
@MB-gd6be6 ай бұрын
HR's off N. Ryan (playoffs), G. Maddox, J. Franco. Love the low hand shake : )
@KTF04 ай бұрын
Straw was pretty clutch.
@HANDLERANDLE22 Жыл бұрын
STRAW WAS MY HERO
@milart125 ай бұрын
I love Shea stadium.
@MegaSeth225 ай бұрын
Does anyone else remember him having a high leg kick? He was my favorite player, i used to try and impersonate his swing... with a high leg kick. Strange to see now he nver had one?
@robertrettig94834 жыл бұрын
those were the days ....
@FrankCalero-oi7tx8 ай бұрын
He's the only player that when he went up to bat you'd think he'd hit a home run. That natural swing he had
@meekmozart52165 ай бұрын
Anyone notice (check the scoreboard)… the homer off of Franco was the 1st pitch 😳⚾️💥
@nattyps3160 Жыл бұрын
Daryl was so so great. He hit some seriously far home runs & no steroids. His game 7 ws Homer was way up there. No roids either. Most pure swing I've ever seen
@kingcassius2586 Жыл бұрын
I'm a huge Darryl fan but I suspect he was using droids by '98. I'm not definite about that.
@RoofDoctorsJoanne4 ай бұрын
Just Blow
@billysikes1374 Жыл бұрын
What a swing he had, Just think about how good he could have been, along with Doc Gooden, Both should be in Cooperstown, Couldn't get out of they're own way, A shame
@mountrussmore2 жыл бұрын
I was at Shea that night in '83, (Seaver pitching) when he hit that homer.
@edsalmon6319 Жыл бұрын
here after the announcement of his jersey number retirement next season :)
@ivanvalentin38983 ай бұрын
Was there today. Great ceremony.
@guittadabe521425 күн бұрын
Huge strike zone, but when those long arms catch up to a ball, there was usually no doubt where that ball was going to end up! He had the lanky body of a Jerry Rice but taller!
@davidellis51414 жыл бұрын
🍓 took his time rounding the bases in Game 7 ! 😎
@LadyDuchess2 жыл бұрын
The slowest homerun trot _ever_ and I was loving every second of it! 😂
@nattyps3160 Жыл бұрын
He was giving the f u to manager Davey for benching him in game 6. He was pinch hit for by Kevin Mitchell which puzzled mookie Wilson & others but obviously it worked as Mitchell was part of that 4 man rally to stun the world & red sox in game 6.
@paulyp98533 ай бұрын
@@nattyps3160 After the homer in game 7 you see Ray Knight talking to Darryl at home plate. He was telling Darryl to get shake Davey's hand and bury it.
@Michael-ys5cn2 жыл бұрын
Growing up we all had our favorite players while we played baseball. We collected all their cards and competed to see who had the most..I still have all Darryl's rookies and pages of each year of every card brand...after his coke exposure his tops traded went down to $4 from $155...I remember being upset 😂
@nja32243 ай бұрын
Oh, to be a Mets fan in that era. Nothing like it since. It ruined baseball for me. That team, from 84-87, was something else. They beat on everyone, in the box score and on the field. Other teams hated them, and other teams hated playing at Shea. All games, from opening day to the very last game, were pure electric. You had to be there to understand. The NL playoffs against Houston, and the WS against Boston in 86 was insane. So was the AL playoffs between the Angels and Red Sox. A great post season for baseball. Each league had only two teams in the post season. I had tickets to 3 games in the playoffs and 3 for the World Series. I first became a fan in 1969, the magical Mets team. Every team after lived in their shadow until 1986. Now the current Mets team, and all teams since, can’t get out of the 86 team’s shadow.
@tomsreviews2384 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine if Strawberry was on steroids with a juiced baseball? It's amazing that all these guys look like high school players compared to today.
@jsd7953 жыл бұрын
I would also argue that hitting against today's hard throwers as opposed to the that era's pitchers would have helped inflate a lot of players numbers aswell. Big leaguers can hit the hard straight stuff its the breaking and offspeed pitching that generally gives them trouble
@masonrahal69802 жыл бұрын
I love how everything in the 80s was celebrated with a cake…. 1983 NL Rookie of the Year?? Here’s a big cake.
@markcorradetti4 жыл бұрын
What a stroke
@olivercupp14363 жыл бұрын
He goes to my curch
@masonmagness16712 жыл бұрын
No steroids, just cocaine
@matthew-nt3gz2 жыл бұрын
Despite being 6 foot 6 inches. What a home run hitting machine. His off the field activity wasn't the best role model image. 😂
@nattyps3160 Жыл бұрын
Then u got roided out judge at only an inch taller but this big looking monster while no roids for straw. He was too skinny & Def never took them. Just the most graceful fluid swing w/ serious power in those arms. 21 in major leagues hitting blasts like that & he won a ring in his 3rd year. I guess no hof but everyone knows if straw didn't get off track w/ issues easily a hof player. Best young talent the likes of which won't be seen again. Scouts were flying from everywhere trying to sign him in hs out in calif to go right to their team.
@paulsiegel97462 жыл бұрын
how is the HR off Ken Dayley in 85 not on this?
@paulyp98533 ай бұрын
Was thinking the same thing.
@tyson66822 жыл бұрын
5:21 打たれたけど、ライアンかっこいい
@shirleebostrom72303 жыл бұрын
Why he left the Mets for the Dodgers is beyond me! He could of been Great for the Dodgers but he was always hurt and Cracked out!
@1Dub793 жыл бұрын
Well, he's from Los Angeles, so it made sense. Plus, reuniting him with his childhood friend, Eric Davis. Unfortunately, it didn't work out for either.
@daddyhazelz2 жыл бұрын
He aint a crackhead now. He found god and ministers now. Saw him yesterday
@ryanjamesc99962 жыл бұрын
@@daddyhazelz Amen! It’s not how you start in life, it’s how you finish!
@LuisRamos-vc7nz2 жыл бұрын
He should have been in the Hall of Fame if it wasn't because of the drugs
@dodgerblue73813 жыл бұрын
I got to speak a little with Daryl Strawberry behind the Dodgers bullpen when he was with the Dodgers. Seemed like a good guy and good player. Then the Dodgers signed Eric Davis and Strawberry went to crap. Davis was like a cancer and took Strawberry down with him.
@dmac154012 жыл бұрын
True but that may not be the best choice in words when describing Davis 😬
@dodgerblue73812 жыл бұрын
@@dmac15401 After looking it up I see that you are correct. I don't remember his cancer issue. Revising it, he was certainly detrimental to Strawberry and the Dodgers.
@coreygolphenee96333 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine there's a universe where everybody did crack instead of roids i think the eric b and rakim league could have been way cooler
@theeverydayillusion779026 күн бұрын
Heard about him so many times. Its ok but I still believe that baseball is not a Sport
@Malouco3 жыл бұрын
Darrel had to strawberry a few daffy ducks!!!!!
@PlasticPellets3 жыл бұрын
9:26 the announcer had a stroke
@JoshyP7443 жыл бұрын
lol i know wtf was that!/?
@nelsoncruz1843 жыл бұрын
Wiggins disliked this video .
@hattershouse7107 ай бұрын
2/21/24 - 600th like
@alexandregoncalves60666 ай бұрын
queens team ? ( giggle .. )
@markstephen9808 Жыл бұрын
What do you want, a strawberry on top?
@B_HarTz3 жыл бұрын
Haven’t seen any footage of strawberry till RN. He wasn’t always on the Mets ya know. Ahem, Dodgers? That’s when I used to watch him back in the day on the dodgers. His stance at the plate is Exactly like Barry Bonds .... wonder if he copied Strawberry 🤔🤔🤔🤔
@MetFansince4 жыл бұрын
What an underachiever.
@ericsigersmith60674 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't have went to dodgers that's what rushed his rollercoaster career from there but gotta respect him a great player and doing well now
@josecolon42484 жыл бұрын
How MANY Rings you have? Mets FAN?
@cybrhunk3332 жыл бұрын
Says you..LOL.
@mikevicchiarelli23697 ай бұрын
Wasted talent. They were projecting him to hit 600 homeruns if he really gave it all to baseball. But it just came easy to him so he was happy to be out of Crenshaw and be in the majors at 20 years old
@maxdenby21664 жыл бұрын
Favorite player as a kid. Still love him. LGM
@zipzip82393 жыл бұрын
mine too
@richardedmiston37563 жыл бұрын
No matter what, I've always loved Strawberry.
@spirituallifecoachinginsti72072 жыл бұрын
HE WILL ALWAYS BE A LEGEND IN BASEBALL FOREVER......STILL A GREAT PERSON......NO MATTER WHAT......HE HAS RISEN.......!!!
@AmericanDischord3 жыл бұрын
I'm not a Mets fan, but was always excited to see what Strawberry did at the plate.
@1Dub793 жыл бұрын
You and me both.
@Mikey-gp5xc Жыл бұрын
4th longest HR I. Recorded history. 450 footers we average For strawberry 🍓
@slashertrav2 жыл бұрын
Cocaine is a helluva drug. -Rick James
@coreygolphenee96333 жыл бұрын
Watching go from hitting a lot of opposite field stuff to just yanking the ball in a couple years is hilarious
@jordangarrick6692 жыл бұрын
My brother was at the Mets game when Strawberry hit that blast against the Cardinals - he said it was the longest homer he'd ever seen. I think they estimated it around 500 feet. Massive blast....
@Mikey-gp5xc Жыл бұрын
The famous over the Mets bullpen into the players parking lot HR.
@cutter5043 Жыл бұрын
6:08 that's the silliest look I ever seen on a pitcher's face🦆
@carlyrolston69534 жыл бұрын
Mets for life!
@mrrida5032 жыл бұрын
On the 7th day, God created earth. On the 8th day, he chiseled out Darryl Strawberry ⚾ ~Gary Carter
@timlangdon64482 жыл бұрын
That might be true my friend but the bottom line is God and Jesus has forgiven Darryl strawberry,, and he's the new creature in Christ, and today he was preaching at my church today with his wife Dr Tracy strawberry,,,, my God is a restoring God he is a great God he's a good God,,, and Darryl strawberry is a great preacher for the Lord Jesus Christ,, his testimony was powerful today, at my church..
@bobneyland57724 жыл бұрын
I miss Shea Stadium and Citifield. First I was 38 miles away in Connecticut. Then I moved to 115 miles away still in CT. I now live in Texas. I am 44 miles from Minute Maid Park. Let’s Go Mets!
@elitesuperbrand3 жыл бұрын
Meet the Club, I because a NY Mets in 1986 playoffs again the Astros from Bronx, NY, move to Orlando, FL and now live with my wife in Dallas, Texas. #LGNYMETS⚾🍓
@BuriedHatchetProductions4 жыл бұрын
🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓♥️🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
@jorgemartinbg2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how far that ball would’ve gone had there been no roof ?
@tdog73684 жыл бұрын
How about we call strawberry and tell him to come play with us again it would make us better
@ericsigersmith60674 жыл бұрын
Not todd hundley?
@mysticakhenaton17017 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍
@mysticakhenaton17017 ай бұрын
Doc Gooden and Strawberry. them boys were on their way to Cooperstown. easily. them damn drugs.
@meekmozart52165 ай бұрын
His home run “strut” was so majestic
@ishadedwards40007 ай бұрын
His vlad tv interview is great
@yesprobably54505 ай бұрын
Made baseball look so easy
@georgebusybee14973 ай бұрын
Mjy man
@alyours28892 жыл бұрын
Just a baseball robot...sweetest power swing... ...you cannot put more skills in a player......just maybe a better brain... ...this was a dead ball era...missed the 40/40 by 1 HR i think... ...juiced? I think he could have been the 1st 50/50 guy in baseball history! Griffey is the only other with this type of skillset! (Had Bond not overdone the juice, he also could have!)
@RoofDoctorsJoanne4 ай бұрын
Dave Kingman was way better
@paulyp98533 ай бұрын
troll much?
@pf46713 жыл бұрын
He did roids when he went west to LA and SF ..sad to say the real what if is ..what if he had simply had a drug FREE career and used all his God given talent. Same as Mickey Mantle ..As good as they were , how much better would they have been?
@moonshine57573 жыл бұрын
If he was never hooked on Coke, he'd be a Pepsi drinker.
@nathanjedrej7923 жыл бұрын
He was a bobby dazzler
@JoseRodriguez-gm8ow4 жыл бұрын
💼🍓💰💯🇱🇷
@Cubaricanator2.04 жыл бұрын
😍😍😍
@ostreds2 жыл бұрын
@6:57....sweet, off Franco. Always hated Franco
@danielmchale30534 жыл бұрын
Darryl strawberry is mets popular player of all times
@jimlahey82103 ай бұрын
Darryl Darryl Darryl -Lisa Simpson
@sucktion3 жыл бұрын
When he’s runnin’ all the players make space he runs, he slides and then he’s safe.