Strawberry's current chapter is as a speaker with the ministry founded by him and his wife, Tracy. It's a legacy he's leaving behind that's bigger than baseball and bigger than him.
Before Darryl Strawberry became the toast of New York City and won a World Series, before the substance abuse and well before the Mets announced that they would retire his number 18 on Saturday at Citi Field, he was a kid in South Central Los Angeles. Strawberry grew up in a neighborhood in decline. The freeway system divided along traditional segregation lines, and the area felt the effects .