Trump pardons Mets legend Darryl Strawberry

President Donald Trump has pardoned former Main League Baseball participant Darryl Strawberry.

All through his taking part in profession, the previous New York Mets star had quite a few run-ins with the regulation, fueled by drug and alcohol issues, main to 3 separate suspensions from the MLB.

However after turning his life round, Trump rewarded the eight-time All-Star with a pardon.

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1986 New York Mets Alumni Darryl Strawberry is inducted throughout a ceremony previous to a sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Area on Saturday, Could 28, 2016 within the Queens Borough of New York Metropolis. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Pictures)

“President Trump has granted a pardon to Darryl Strawberry, a three-time World Sequence champion and eight-time MLB All-Star,” the White Home stated in an e mail to Fox Information Digital. “Mr. Strawberry served jail time and paid again taxes after pleading responsible to 1 rely of tax evasion. After his profession, Mr. Strawberry discovered religion in Christianity and has been sober for greater than a decade. He turned energetic within the ministry and based a restoration heart that’s nonetheless energetic as we speak.”

The later years of Strawberry’s profession have been plagued by authorized troubles, together with a 1999 arrest as a member of the New York Yankees for soliciting intercourse from a police officer posing as a prostitute. This resulted in a 140-day suspension and a 21-month probation interval, together with neighborhood service.

The next yr he examined optimistic for cocaine, leading to a suspension for the complete 2000 season, successfully ending his profession. He served 11 months in jail from 2002 to 2003 for violating no-drug guidelines at a therapy heart. Strawberry additionally admitted to having intercourse between innings of his matches.

After the 1994 season, he was charged with tax evasion. He was suspended to begin the 1995 season for cocaine and admitted he had a substance abuse drawback.

Former New York Mets participant Darryl Strawberry throws a ceremonial first pitch earlier than Sport Three of the Nationwide League Championship Sequence between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Citi Area in New York Metropolis, New York, on October 16, 2024. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)

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The eight-time All-Star met his present spouse at a drug restoration conference.

In an ironic twist, Strawberry appeared in 2010 on “The Superstar Apprentice,” hosted by Trump.

Strawberry and Doc Gooden are notoriously linked attributable to their immense expertise whereas taking part in for the Mets whereas battling drug and alcohol abuse. Strawberry turned his life round a lot before Gooden, however Gooden appears to have stayed on observe lately. The 2 appeared collectively in final yr’s Nationwide League Championship Sequence between the Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers and have been the topic of ESPN’s 30 for 30, “Doc and Darryl.”

Each numbers have been retired by the Mets final season.

Former New York Mets participant Darryl Strawberry walks throughout the sector earlier than Sport Three of the Nationwide League Championship Sequence between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Citi Area in New York Metropolis, New York, on October 16, 2024. (Luke Hales/Getty Pictures)

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Throughout his 9 prime years, when he was named Nationwide League Rookie of the Yr eight instances and an All-Star eight instances, Strawberry was a .263 hitter with an .875 OPS, averaging 36 house runs and 108 RBI per 162 video games.

Strawberry gained the World Sequence with the Mets in 1986 and with the Yankees in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He was the Mets’ franchise chief in house runs with 252 till Pete Alonso surpassed him earlier this season.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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