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 .
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The man convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a 13-year-old girl fundraising in East Baltimore for a dance team was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 35 years in prison. Tavon Battle, 36, was charged in November 2022 with killing Kelsey Washington, 13, earlier that month. Police wrote in charging documents that Washington was not Battle’s intended target. He also was accused of .