Darryl strawberry autobiography

Darryl explains how and why that he was drawn to drugs and drinking.
The baseball player discusses his 1983 Rookie of the Year season, his eight years with the New York Mets, public disagreements with management.
In his New York Times best-selling memoir, Straw: Finding My Way (Ecco), he shares his whole story from growing up in Crenshaw, Los Angeles, his rise to.

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Darryl Strawberry

For many African American males growing up in poverty-stricken households throughout Los Angeles, sports offered a chance to break away from the cultural and economic restraints imposed on them by their surroundings. This was no different for a young Darryl Eugene Strawberry (born March 12, 1962, in Los Angeles). Darryl was the third boy born to Henry and Ruby Strawberry, and would be followed by two sisters. By 1970 the family was residing in a small house in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. Strawberry recalled his father as being a negative influence early in his life. Henry Strawberry held down a steady job as a postal clerk, but suffered from many of the same vices that would plague Darryl’s life. He would often come home in drunken rages and physically assault Ruby, as well as Darryl and his older brother Ronnie. Much of Darryl’s younger years were spent in fear of their father until one night when he was about 10 years old. On that night Henry came home intoxicated, and began to verbally and physically assault Ruby. The police sh

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Straw: Finding My Way

June 4, 2009

There is a lot of pain in this book by Darryl Strawberry. Sure, it is easy to think that every star athlete has the world handed to them on a plate, and in a lot of instances, that is probably true. But most of them, even when they are tearing the world apart, thinking they can do no wrong, etc fall as far as fast and waste so much of their talent as Darryl Strawberry did.

And, despite this, New Yorkers still love Strawberry.

Part of that has to be due to his background. His family life was chaotic and that can never be discounted. To read Strawberry's take on his life is to understand the true pain that comes from lacking the support of your father. While he never does lay the blame for his behavior at the feet of his father, he does say that never having the confidence that comes with unbridled and unconditional love was a big reason that he felt a void in his life and that's too much a sad fact of too many lives in our country.

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Darryl Strawberry

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