• Darryl Strawberry was suffocated by rookie hype that launched Mets’ revival

    Darryl Strawberry was suffocated by rookie hype that launched Mets’ revival

    He has owned his mistakes, shared his regrets, arguably as much as any professional athlete of his time. Yet when Darryl Strawberry chatted on the phone last week, he shared one I hadn’t heard previously. “I shouldn’t have had such a great year in Double-A,” Strawberry said with a laugh. “I was Texas League MVP, …