“right, Knights, Darryl Strawberry. It's a good one. Lefty, right fielder, 6'6, 190.
The bean pole out there from LA, March 12th, 1962. And he was actually the first overall pick. Another one of our first overall picks.
1980, June amateur draft, out at Crenshaw High. And also he was in the Simpsons, Homer at the Bat from 1993. The softball team, easily top five Simpsons episodes, I says, May 6th, 1983, debut October 3rd, shout out Grandma Arnie, 1999.
So, you know, he played like, what, like 17 seasons, and 0 for 4, debut, but he got stolen base though. 0 for 1 in his final game, which was against Tampa Bay. Debut against the Reds, and Straw, the Straw Man, Darryl Eugene Strawberry.
Strawberry, one of the more fun nicknames in sports, or nicknames, last names. Rookie of the Year, he won, 8-time All-Star, Home Run Derby champ, 3-time World Series champ. Wow, 2-time Silver Slugger, 42.1, career war.
Speaking of war, war number 18, 44, 17, 26, 39. So that career war is, I mean, 50 is kind of a marker for, like, 50 is very good. So he's right below that, 5,418[…]”
From Arne Pod: 768~TOTD #288⚾️HOF or Not❓Darryl Strawberry🍓, Jun 2, 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arne-pod/id1454163890?i=1000657569861
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