Darryl Strawberry on Predicting Kaepernick Would Never Play Again After Kneeling (Part 14)

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Former professional baseball player Darryl Strawberry said he stands by his comments on athletes mixing politics with sports. He had previously told athlete Colin Kaepernick to "leave the politics alone as far as your job" and "do your job and play sports." Strawberry has faced backlash for perceived attempts to silence athletes speaking out on social and political issues. However, he explained his comments stemmed from understanding sports careers are short and political stances can impact those careers. He cited Kaepernick's absence from football after his public protest as evidence. Strawberry also shared his pride in his children's professional sports and college careers, stating he didn't want them "to get lost" in the lifestyle. Despite his children's successes, he was most proud of them for obtaining college degrees, something he did not achieve.

[@williesimmons4068]

It's just hard to believe that you can sue an organization for discrimination and win and then ask for another job. They gave you bread to never see you again.

[@lemiphil2388]

Exactly 💯

[@gtsound12]

Happens all day everyday. That is what the EEOC does. If your job discriminates against you they have to give you back the money you lost plus interest and your job back.

[@rickray9102]

EEOC ring a bell?

[@ronwright3242]

It happens a lot in this day and age.

[@BubBub-yc8qm]

Research your Civil rights.

[@jonvazquez5247]

Darryl was one of the illest to play ball and overcame all the bs 🔥🔥🔥💪🏽

[@donjulio4025]

what is illest

[@ashtonwilliams5945]

@@donjulio4025the best, dope, coolest, it’s a compliment.

[@blackamerican40]

Surprisingly, no celebrity or athlete wants their kids to follow in their footsteps. 🤔

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

Barry Bonds, Dale Berra, Walter Payton's son, Ken Griffy Jr. and to MANY MORE to list here...followed their fathers in the sports world.

[@DMalltheway]

Not LeBron

[@tocadadj2951]

​@mysticakhenaton1701 hes saying "wants". Wanting and their kids ignoring their parents wishes are two different things

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

@@tocadadj2951 I know what he said, AND I KNOW WHAT I WROTE.

[@tocadadj2951]

@@mysticakhenaton1701 well its doesnt look like it mofo. Gotta educate your arse

[@lucasjharr6]

Darryl Strawberry is a wonderful human being. Awesome interview!

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Just another redemption story from a has-been athlete nothing new

[@rickvela9126]

@@rondoughhowell6442that’s harsh . Why not focus on the redemption

[@rickvela9126]

So glad he’s turned his life around , a great redemption story and one helluva player and human being . Very gracious

[@DeepCover757]

@@rondoughhowell6442but he’s better than you

[@rondoughhowell6442]

@@DeepCover757 and I'm better than you

[@bara7331]

8:03 Vlad must have been PISSED with Darryl's response

[@rondoughhowell6442]

no because Vlad was asking Micheal Irving a talented guy that had some of the same problems Daryl had the same questions and got the same answers

[@bara7331]

@@rondoughhowell6442 WTF are you talking about

[@rondoughhowell6442]

@@bara7331 Vlad was asking Darryl about what he said about players kneeling to the National Anthem

[@benedettomansueto4016]

Love Daryl Strawberry 1986 New York Mets World Series champion 💍✝️🇺🇲⚾❤️... My hero growing up in 1980's loved his swing

[@MichelleCarithersAuthor]

exactly, direct your energy in the areas of needed concerns

[@TheJuarezG]

That's like another man telling you to STFU, Jim Brown would probably slap the 💩 out of somebody for saying that.

[@pfizz490]

Darryl Strawberry is just awesome.. Smart choice having him on.🙌🏻

[@busterhikney6936]

🍓 knew the deal about the kneel.

[@DMalltheway]

Ask him about the Armando Benitez fight.

[@drunken-skunk]

What do you mean??

[@Brotherken1234]

​@@drunken-skunkLook it up. Darryl was throwin' them bows!

[@drunken-skunk]

@@Brotherken1234 who cares man!! Darryl is a God damn LIVING LEGEND!!!🤬😎😈☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️💪💪🦾🦾

[@2000Cowboys]

When will VLADTV interview Lawrence Taylor 🏈

[@juanjonez]

Amazing interview! Learned a lot from Mr. Stawberry.

[@vladtv]

Watch the full interview now as a VladTV KZbin Member - kzbin.infojoin

[@Jafrica35]

Darryl Strawberry is absolutely right about what he said.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well his opinion

[@mandriamontgomery8968]

Who is Frances Scott key? Did he have love for Black people? Please answer.

[@sicnarf423]

@@mandriamontgomery8968why would he not?

[@mikeshoe74]

@@mandriamontgomery8968 What is love for Black People? What is that? Go out and hug a black person today for the good of mankind? Social acceptance isn't a birth right. People these days want instant acquaintances without putting for the effort. Hence attaching themselves to the word 'community'. What happened to individuality? Just going out and treating people the way you wish to be treated. You do that and you'll have your friendships, and your love.

[@letsbereal7897]

Damn, that hit when he said: “If you weren’t a superstar for an organization? Then you really never get invited back..” Could Play 6-7 yrs for a team & kinda just leave it @ that once your traded or retire….crazy…

[@CherryClayton]

Well said, Mr. Strawberry well said for being alumni Sidewalk University. Today, some people have no clue, no clue. I raise my glass and salute you. frfr

[@michaelb3927]

He was never playing again after suing the place he wanted to work for

[@malikbyrams3087]

Finally someone said it! He did file a grievance right ?

[@timweb1510]

Black coach sued the nfl and was still allowed to work, yet they blocked Gruden. See the black privilege in the nfl

[@malikbyrams3087]

@@timweb1510 black privilege? I wouldn’t go that far

[@lei3025]

You racist punk. We all know why he ain't playing no more.

[@gregjohnson7666]

Exactamondo

[@i.am.chris.mosley]

That’s crazy! Cuz I went to high school with his other son…His name was Darryl strawberry too😂😂😂😂 he must’ve been the side baby

[@dredey1971]

You wild!!!!

[@Ravens-ft2hn]

Another Amazing interview VLADTV 💯

[@RealJeffTidwell]

Kaep should have done the Jussie Smollett thing and flat-out claimed to be a victim of lynching on behalf of the Democrat Party.

[@raylewis2121]

😂😂😂

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well wasn't Traitor Trump who was saying throw the SOBs who kneel for the flag out of NFL

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well it was Traitor Trump saying to throw the NFL players who kneel down for the National Anthem out of the NFL

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Spoken like a true Trumpturd

[@funky-puppet]

He’s pretended to be a victim of everything but that!I really felt bad for him that his adopted parents wouldn’t let him have an Afro!

[@titoortiz]

1 of my all time favorites. Tell you one thing, if you was gonna get in a baseball brawl on the field, this is the dude you want by your side. He was always ready to throw a fade, first one out there too. 💯

[@tylerc6558]

Kaep got figured out by defenses towards the end and the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze for teams as a backup. Plus what you want from a backup is steady, consistent floor play, Kaep couldn’t provide that. Coming from a Niners fan.

[@tommyfu9271]

exactly. amazing how he just magically had his social justice ephiphany when he sucked and not when he was still good and had a bunch of endorsements.

[@TheJuarezG]

FOH, Colin Kapernick was coming back from shoulder, knee and thumb surgery, he had to regain weight and muscle just to get back in shape to go and he still wasn't nowhere near 100% when he started kneeling, y'all hate that man because he was protesting against the shit people like you refuse to stop doing, it enraged y'all so he was silenced, and y'all rejoiced 😏

[@cgdaguyguy]

Your wife LET YOU go? SMH

[@drunken-skunk]

Strawberry 🍓 =LIVING REAL LEGEND!!! BEST SPORTS PLAYER IN THE WORLD!!!😎☝️☝️☝️💪🦾

[@RolandBullock-ej8wl]

DJ was a swiss army knife at Maryland.....good times =)

[@edwardvenegas4982]

I can see your point of view, but it is a strong man guided by his conscious to stand for something bigger. There is so much ambivalence in the world- it speaks to the soul to see people standing for what is right, not leaving it to someone else.

[@mozzarellarick7537]

It’s wild hearing a dude who was born in apartheid talk about someone fighting for his freedom.

[@kendrickbell8525]

I remember d.j., being in houston i remember the Rockets picking him up for a bit.

[@George-ed2gw]

Damn facts😢

[@serrudthapa6790]

Could you get a interview with smoove e

[@charlierobert164]

Picture is great with lights on the wet street

[@jeremygibson3798]

Players have more say so now then when Daryl played

[@Samana444]

Right on Darryl! Don’t let these idiots try to bs people.

[@antwan313]

People still think kaepernick isn’t playing bc he kneeled. SMH

[@Tarapatil2023]

what does SMH stand for?

[@lemiphil2388]

​@@Tarapatil2023shaking my head

[@swalker3650]

Big guy

[@shawn1819]

Bro have u seen some of the bum backups out there playing since he did that. U honestly tellin me a dude that took a team to the SB. Athletic af. Wit a more than decent arm couldnt get on the field before those guys? U gota be the sole person on this planet that thinks that is the case

[@Sayres434]

Kap Qb rating was 32nd in the league and he struggled mightily making the proper adjustments once DCs figured him out. That's when he was benched and started kneeling. Simply not worth the headache for the low level of play. Well said Straw!

[@cstover8454]

And green bay couldn't stop him ever and had aaron rodgers out for that one season he would have had that team in the playoffs instead of 1/15 or whatever horror show green bay was that year

[@rickray9102]

That's bullshit.

[@rickray9102]

The vast majority of police killings and brutality involves white victims. Unfortunately white people have their own narrative and feelings about a piece of cloth and a song that was never meant to include everyone, but you have that privilege.

[@tommiedshow9211]

I agree D.Strawberry 1000 percent what did disrespecting the flag have to do with protesting if the black national anthem was played a whites took a knee we would be up in arms.

[@geecheetone8550]

Kap stood on business. I didn't agree with his method, but I respected him for it! .

[@todddorsey9497]

He never knelt until he lost his starting position.

[@acason4]

Darryl speaking some demonstrable truth here.

[@ceaflacca1590]

The real lyrics to the original national anthem was racist as hell a lot of people don't know that.

[@Str8OuttaFrayser919]

racism is a human element whats your point

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well people love re-writing history

[@giantsclown]

Yeah i love darryl but he sounds real ignorant here​@@rondoughhowell6442

[@symbolic_socialtv]

He's right. Instead of winning with the people through b politics, win with your family through success.

[@TheJuarezG]

Muhammad Ali and Jim Brown won with their politics, that's their thing, they don't want black people in charge of passing policy because it goes against their interests to control them, they have laws that protect gay people, Asians, trans, no anti lynching laws, hell, they voted to keep Harriet Tubman off the $20 bill.

[@Daniel-xf9th]

You look good brother happy to see you.

[@NathanSmith-dd4fg]

Once I saw the story the next day after Kaepernick sat during the national Anthem in that pre season game. Then heard him say why he did it, I knew he wouldn't play again if he was insistent on leaving the 49ers to pursue free agency. He gave GM Lynch a gift not having deal with pressure cutting Colin. It was over. It pissed these people off and was it.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

meanwhile the 49ers are still losing Superbowls regardless

[@tommyfu9271]

Kap doesn't even want to actually play football. He's a fake martyr who makes more from endorsing Nike and their sweatshop labor than he would as a back up qb while doing a lot less work.

[@b9479]

​@@rondoughhowell6442🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rondoughhowell6442]

@@b9479 well 5 out of 8 for the 49ers still isn't bad but when they had Montana and Rice they were unstoppable

[@Kingkong-qu8eh]

I can’t concentrate watching homie after reading someone’s comment few videos ago saying dude licks his lips more than his cat 😂

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well Ali was able to be a boxer again because of who he was and how talented he was

[@KP43-08]

Donald Trump was like the Elon musk of the 90s he was likable. Now he’s hateable smh the world can really flip on you.

[@Mosa685]

He gets it.

[@flyguy7825]

It didn't take a genius to see that Colin Kaepernick was never going to play in the NFL ever again. After that whole taking a knee stance. I understood why he did it and I honestly didn't see a big deal about it in the beginning, but it created a monster that literally was one of the domino effects of how this country and society is to this day if you really think about it.

[@006ahenry]

I think he thought the majority would be on board with his thoughts, only to find out that the majority were against him. And once the majority realized how numerous they were, it became acceptable to speak against Kaepernick's stance. Basically agreeing with police brutality. I also think Kaepernick thought he would have more support from owners and management in general. I think the owners saw what he was saying as being bad for business, because the majority didn't agree. The people who didn't agree or like what he was doing/saying are the same people who buy tickets to games. "Ticket purchasing fans" voiced their feelings and it was a wrap. Ownership is not going to allow a player's opinion, stance on a political subject affect ticket sales, aka their pockets... I personally agreed with his position on police brutality, just though his efforts were misguided and misunderstood...

[@BubBub-yc8qm]

Professional sports are a microcosm of real society regardless of an athletes income or status; it's not pretty or fair at all most of the time.

[@pfeiffdog0811]

Cap got blackballed but it was easy to do because he also sucked by the end of his playing career. That said you knew he was blackballed because he was still better than many of the back up qbs that were signed.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

bullcrap

[@derrick_smitty]

@@rondoughhowell6442 which part of his statement do you think is bull crap him being blackballed, or him being better than back up quarterbacks?

[@rondoughhowell6442]

@@derrick_smitty the blackballed part

[@derrick_smitty]

@@rondoughhowell6442 the NFL actually settled with him on this issue definitely not for small change either

[@dAaronL5]

I don’t understand how people say if they did this he’s disrespecting the flag and doesn’t understand what it means but it was a man IN the military, who fought for our country, that told Kaepernick that this was the best way to go about it.

[@kendrickellis8726]

Vote VOTE GOTTA MAKE THIS BETTER

[@gerardo5061]

Vlad better ask about the Simpsons episode lol

[@randymanson4945]

Humility... Imagine how great the straw would be if he learned that earlier

[@patc5599]

WTF Darryl, ..Police Brutality ? Are you kidding me !! Bro..step at anytime of the day where a Sun Man is at and you're on guard

[@CarolMeeks]

I love this brother in Christ

[@realestatedoru]

Unfortunately, He is right.. And thats why I love Lebron James so Much he became the greatest of his ERA and is able to speak on politics.

[@gotlumpz4upaintball447]

FBA shouldn’t feel the need to stand for the anthem considering the 3rd verse. I could care less about taking a knee

[@BOOSTEDSS396]

Interesting Darryl and Bo said they didn’t want their kids exposed to the pro ball lifestyle.

[@patrickrowe3970]

Rite on Mr Strawberry

[@jimfoley8014]

Straw is the greatest.

[@geecheetone8550]

Strawman got that Bobby Brown jaw

[@aarontalksculture4946]

Kaepernick arguably has made more money after protest than he would have otherwise, if money is the only measurement of success, which it isn't. Also Kaepernick's name and legend has grown exponentially even if you don't like him. Personally I agree with his protest and I think he should have went to play CFL. Oh well, I wish I had Kaep's bag tho.

[@poisonpen26]

strawberry is 100% correct on the kaepernick situation.

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

Strawberry👍👍👍👍

[@swissbeats2k]

Darryl lost me at the end.

[@vinnysaccount]

What about the freedom to protest a racist song? And Kap was protesting police brutality! What is he talking about? The whole NFL was kneeling after George Floyd was lynched! Tf

[@UncleBill81]

Great outlook on the National Anthem!! 🇺🇸

[@TRUTHJESUS87]

What up with your last name?

[@rockman845]

I'm guessing you're Gen Z

[@jameshudson169]

everybody knows strawberries come from california!

[@TRUTHJESUS87]

@@jameshudson169 is it a real last name?

[@jameshudson169]

@@TRUTHJESUS87 you think he just adopted his nickname like muzio sforza?

[@TRUTHJESUS87]

@@jameshudson169 I think they hide the real last names of famous people

[@seanwaston3892]

Owners Run Shyt ..

[@nymike06]

Trump 2024 Daryll is spot on about mixing the business of sports and politics.

[@cstover8454]

That guy who kneeled was right and did the right thing he still got shoe contract saved his brain in 30 years Noone will know his teammates names and he will be known as the one who did right when it was the hardest thing to do I'm proud to have his jersey

[@tobie1234]

I can’t believe people actually thought Kaepernick was going to play again 😂 People seem to forget that it’s White America!

[@MrExclusive6362]

He Had a chance to play again, kaepernick fucked that up when he did the tryout at the high school...

[@matthewlapish1107]

What a dumb comment tobie

[@timweb1510]

Children still blaming the man while having their hand out for everything from them 🤓. Ask your daddy

[@mrmckinnon406]

😂😂

[@stevea6816]

Michael Vick played again after committing a horrible crime and doing a prison stint. So it depends.

[@darnellcalbert2563]

I just find it funny how the maga/conservative people claimed to never watch the nfl again because of players kneeling, but later on kept on watching 😂.

[@mrsain19]

they were full of shit from the start. they probably tried to boycott one week. but still couldnt help themselves but to check the scores lol. then the next week, they checked the scores and watched the highlights, but were still boycotting watching or attending the games. by week 3 or 4 of the sham, they had tapped out and quiet returned to their normal viewing ways, and likely bitching and moaning about it the entire time too lol. meanwhile, the viewership never wavered and only increased. aka.......the maga losers were never missed.

[@jamesstewart8377]

Let’s be honest. He was not tearing the house down when he did play.

[@betterdays29]

Dj strawberry went to Maryland was good athlete

[@silverman5707]

I always thought Tiger Woods should have spoken out against racism.

[@tyronemiller4955]

I don't agree with his views about the flag. When your Great.....they can't take it away.... ie Ali

[@alpofootage323]

He right

[@willy565]

Kap was never all that anyways. One decent season.....Shoot, if he "Didn't" kneel, no one would ever even remember him as a player.

[@bennylevine387]

If you're gonna springboard off sports to make a social message, you better be good. And if you look at Kaepernick's stats in games close to the end of his career, they were some of the worst stats I ever saw from an NFL starting QB ever. I agree his mouth stopped him from getting looks from other teams, which isn't right. If not for that, he'd likely have gotten a 2nd, 3rd, and even a 4th chance.

[@RodricBradford]

His last season he had 16 TDs and 4 INTs. Nothing of that is 'worse stats ever'

[@bennylevine387]

@@RodricBradford I'll grant you that is a nice TD-to-INT ratio. I didn't realize it was that good. And like I said, he was robbed of a chance to land with another team. But averaging 200 yards a game isn't gonna work, nor is launching protests when you win 4 of your last 24 starts with the team. But I hear you. I'm just saying if you go look at some individual games in between his little spike-weeks, there were a large handful of putrid games in there.

[@kingba7749]

That song was never for us😂 That's like writing a love letter for your crush, and the teacher finds it and make you give it to the girl everybody teases.

[@ericmorris9818]

@kingba7749 The fact that you comment does not have 1000 likes shows that people are so uneducated and will accept anything as the truth. The song never represented us as a people and never will. And there is one line in that song that proves it. The line that states “In the land of the free”. The song was created in 1815 from a poem, and the United States did not free slaves until 1865. And that fact is always lost in these type of discussions. Fact are facts!!! The only way that I would truly rally around something would be that it was originally meant for me.

[@kingba7749]

@@ericmorris9818 💯

[@Cubaricanator2.0]

💯

[@BenjimanBenjiman-df3fs]

If you don't like living in the United States of America.... LEAVE IMMEDIATELY ❤

[@RepublicanJesusthe2nd]

Spoken like a true country nicca.

[@philmoe5392]

He’s not from the country though. He’s a city guy…LA….through and through. You just saying anything.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

with a name like that you shouldn't be talking

[@Jig9a]

Black people being down wrong for this whole life time is not politics

[@paytonbf1]

Without question, I personally admire the stance that Kapernick took in regards to the issues facing the black community. However, similar to Muhammad Ali, Kapernick knew that there is a price to pay for standing up to the powers that be! And in regards to the National Anthem, it was written by a racist slave owner, and the 3rd stanza refers to slaves being killed if they choose to fight on the side of the British!

[@dondonzi2627]

Get over it!

[@tommyfu9271]

Comparing the 2 is laughable. Kap is a complete fraud. Ali was the real deal.

[@lmcgfla9910]

Legend

[@Vincent-um9pi]

I knew Kap career would be over. He pissed off billionaires.

[@sixstringsensei6673]

I lost all respect for trump. This split second said " I like people who weren't captured" 8 years ago

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well he was a draft dodger just like one of his celebrity supporters Ted Nuggent

[@solid-one1556]

If the older generation was thinking like Daryl, we would still be slaves 😂😂

[@mrdunkin83]

Exactly

[@adrianspikes6454]

One hell of a stretch 🤡

[@solid-one1556]

@@adrianspikes6454 Birds of features flock together

[@blackamerican40]

Aren't athletes slaves anyway? You're on a auction platform/ recruitment stage letting a white owner decide if he wants you or not! 🤔

[@timweb1510]

Had to have the w men stick up for the wimps

[@willlloyd6637]

He wasn’t going to play again anyway…Kap was a bench QB on a terrible 49er team …he was a bad player at that point and couldn’t throw a deep ball

[@willlloyd6637]

@16goodchickenwings doesn’t matter who his receivers were he couldn’t get the ball to them…go actually look into it. Get out of your feelings and go check the facts Kap was a bad QB that’s why he was on the bench

[@eddiebeach4297]

Mr. Strawberry.

[@paulcooper1046]

A lot of players kneeled and continued to play, some to this day. Kaepernick isn't good enough to play. Otherwise, he would be playing. Period.

[@xrppornstar9483]

Incorrect analysis but points for trying.

[@jaye5926]

people say anything nowadays smh 🙄🙄🙄

[@mrdunkin83]

We got the almighty whitey trying to condemn kapernick and make him inferior to their system.

[@RobertRatliff]

Nope

[@RobertRatliff]

Kap was a fake

[@nealxl6256]

Kaepernick wasn’t very good at the time he started protesting.

[@DreamTeemRecords]

Not that we expect any other answer from Strawberry - he has no education and is basing his answer on just having $

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well alot of black athletes that were in the 80s, 90s feel that way ,Magic Johnson, Micheal Jordan, Micheal Irvin,Jerry Rice,Ray Lewis,

[@B1FFCO]

Kaepernick isnt even qualified to be 3rd string qb

[@TheJuarezG]

You ain't either 🤷🏿‍♂️ He took a team to the Superbowl, almost won it because of him 😏

[@lordsaif7332]

Tap dancing fiend

[@lawr8th]

Man I get what Daryl was tryna say but the more he defended his position on kaepernik, the more he lost some points

[@Waakiyl01]

Don't snort with him 👃.

[@Jgeetharealg]

You are lame ASF

[@Jay-s1i5z]

Kapernick got the last laugh anyway because he sued the NFL and won and he also got a big Nike deal that paid him millions!

[@mrsain19]

true, but i know he would rather still be playing.......AND with the big bags.

[@Jay-s1i5z]

@@mrsain19 then he should have kept his mouth shut,don’t bite the hand that feeds you!

[@mrsain19]

@@Jay-s1i5z 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@mrsain19]

@@Jay-s1i5z 🤷🏽‍♂️