Darryl Strawberry Says Mets Loved Their Cocaine and Their Women

It seems that this week baseball has decided to play a game of "I can shock you more" with the media. First there was the news of Alex Rodriguez's positive steroid test, which, admittedly, wasn't all that shocking. Then earlier this morning we got to find out about Roberto Alomar's ex-girlfriend suing him for allegedly having unprotected sex with her while knowingly having AIDS. I don't think anybody is going to top the Alomar bombshell, but Darryl Strawberry is going to try.

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Strawberry has a new book coming out in April, and something tells me his ex-teammates aren't going to appreciate the contents much. Strawberry's claims about all the cocaine they did and the women they had sex with -- sometimes during games -- probably won't sit well.

"We were the boys of summer. The drunk, speed-freak, sneaking-a-smoke boys of summer," writes onetime home-run legend Darryl Strawberry in "Straw: Finding My Way," out in April from Ecco. "[An] infamous rolling frat party . . . drinking, drugs, fights, gambling, groupies."

Beer "was the foundation of our alcoholic lifestyle," he writes. "We hauled around more Bud than the Clydesdales. The beer was just to get the party started and maybe take the edge off the speed and coke."

The team's mantra on the road, he writes, was to "tear up your best bars and nightclubs and take your finest women . . . The only hard part for us was choosing which hottie to take back to your hotel room. Lots of times you . . . picked two or three."

Then there are these little tidbits about how the Mets would kill time between innings.

Although he doesn't name names, Strawberry relates how team members picked out girls from the stands for quickies. He once watched a pitcher march a frisky fan to a private room for oral sex: "I was jealous. When I saw her heading back to her seat, I gave her a sign. She smiled, turned right back around, and met me in that same little room . . . I had to be quick and run back out on the field."

Another time, "I was in the clubhouse, having one last quickie with this cute little Florida girl. Charlie Samuels, the equipment manager, came in and caught us. He just stood there shaking his head while I finished up."

While I have no problem with all the sex they had -- okay so I have somewhat of a problem with the sloppy seconds -- because after all, that's half the reason guys become baseball players, I do find the drugs a bit disturbing. I mean, we already knew Darryl and Dwight Gooden were doing cocaine, but Strawberry makes it sound like the whole team was coked up all the time.

But, hey, at least they weren't taking steroids right? That might give them a competitive advantage. All cocaine does is give you superhuman strength and help you ignore any pain you might be feeling. Steroids don't do any of that.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)

2-11-2009 @ 12:01PM

Jim said...

anyone remember Mercury Morris and the 'undefeated' Dolphins.??.Now there is a title I have been very suspiciuos about..Do you want to strip the Dolphins of that seasons record?

2-11-2009 @ 12:20PM

mordess said...

What do you expect when you take a group of under- or uneducated kids from the hood, pay them $5 million a year or more, and put them in situations where every hooker on the planet has a shot at them? Oh, yes, and I forgot: Also make their 'bosses' (read: Team owners) care not a twit about anything but the bottom line at the gate.

2-11-2009 @ 11:37PM

MoonMoDeezie said...

youre an idiot

2-11-2009 @ 11:53PM

latido1542 said...

And a lot of them are . . . WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-12-2009 @ 2:53PM

gigi7411 said...

In response to the "...most of them are white" comment: No, actually, they're not. It's been pretty damn equal opportunity in baseball. There are many Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, African-americans, and Caucasians, etc... I wish people would stop playing the race card and grow the hell up. Anyone can sucked into sex, drugs, and alcoholism, but they certainly do have it easy with the immense amount of money they make. Let's cut entertainment salaries to help our poor economy!

2-12-2009 @ 5:46PM

Barbie said...

It isn't just the boys from the ''hood''....the ones from the suburbs also benefit from drugs, loose/promiscuous women, apathetic team captains and a system of athletics that does not give a damn what these men do as long as they win..and win...and win.

2-11-2009 @ 12:28PM

ramador49 said...

It is amazing to read and hear people repeatedly referring to the "purity of baseball" and the "integrity of baseball" and expressing shock and outrage at the latest steroid developing story.

Unfortunately, for you purists, you should be aware that baseball and cheating has existed as long as the game. Getting hopped up on amphetamines (bennies and uppers) was widespread in the 60's and 70's.

The spit ball was used by many pitchers (read: "Me and the Spitter" by, er ah, Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry). Keep in mind that the fans and players (and umpires, for that matter) absolutely knew this was going on and accepted this activity as part of the game (sssh, but let's not talk about it). The operative admonition (like cheating on your taxes or going over the speed liimit) was: DON'T GET CAUGHT. Also keep in mind that in the old days you suffered a suspension or fine, some fans snickered, and the game resumed.

Unfair advantage? Tainted numbers? Purity of baseball? Integrity of baseball? Bull. There never was and never will be integrity in this GAME we call baseball. Why? Because as long as we have human beings playing the game, they will yield to temptation; they will do what it takes to get that proverbial edge; they will cheat; they will lie (how many of us readily admit we were exceeding the speed limit when we're pulled over by a cop? Be honest now); they will do what humans do.

Do I agree or condone it? Nope, but I understand that it's human nature and baseball, played by fallible human beings, is a reflection of our society.

I know. The truth hurts but it is what it is. I for one will continue to pay to see humanoids (humans on steroids) hit home runs and "entertain me". Wake up, America. It's the 21st Century. Remember, it's only a game.

A Man and his Dodger Dog

PostScript: If you are naive enough to think that banning steroids will send the right message to our kids and grand kids that a)it's bad for their bodies and, b)you will be punished if caught, then I'm 100% for enforcement as a genteral rule. Unfortunately, kids will inevitabley make their own decisions (as in life) and many will opt to ingest 'roids. Once again, human nature and choices.

2-11-2009 @ 10:31PM

Warren D said...

I absolutely agree with you - People act so outraged when the dark side of "The National Pasttime" is exposed, but these same people pay hundreds of dollars to sit and watch these drugged-up, prima donnas hit the ball out of the park! And if they didn't hit it out of the park while stoked up on 'roids - nobody would be there! This whole "drug and doping scandal" is such bulls**t - MLB has known for decades all the debauchery and sleazy goings-on in it's hallowed game, but looked the other way as long as the stands and parks were filled to capacity. But when players started flipping on each other, and it couldn't squash the noise - MLB had to act like it was startling news to them, and time to take a stand. Yeah, right! Sports is just business - and business is, and always will be corruptable as long as humans and human greed are in the equation.

2-11-2009 @ 11:21PM

airborneinore said...

ramador49 finally a man that knows the truth and has the balls to admit it. I salute you for not only telling the truth , but nailing it on the head. I just wish there was more like you so this joke of when the game was clean would go away so the truth could set us free. high 5 ram

2-11-2009 @ 12:59PM

Marlene said...

This should not shock anyone! Being young, filthy rich and famous, I would be shocked if they didn't behave like that. What does that say about the women who did these things? Can someone say filthy whores?

2-11-2009 @ 5:22PM

pamelabrey said...

Double standard!

2-11-2009 @ 8:59PM

Devonshire Is said...

Marlene- you ignorant slut. Oh wait you're not Jane. FFS if the girl having fun with the ball player is a filthy whore what is he? Marlene if it were not for loose men and women this might as well be Iran.

2-12-2009 @ 2:07AM

Natalie said...

And can you say man-whore!

2-14-2009 @ 6:56AM

JC said...

Don't blame the women. If men did not demand sex for money, prostitution would stop. I am sick and tired of the double standard: "men will be men" and "women are whores". There is a victim in this-that woman or girl is someone's daughter, sister or mother.

2-11-2009 @ 1:30PM

Tom U R The Best said...

I for one will not read his stupid book. I don't want to hear any thing negative and ruin what a wonderful season the Mets gave to us Met fans back in 1986. If Straw tries to tarnish it in any way then he should remain condemed for the rest of his life. I guess he needs to sell some books for more coke. I liked you then Straw, but you let us all down in the end. You need to stay positive in life and for what this book seems to have in it doesn't sound too good. You need to find peace bro.

2-12-2009 @ 4:41AM

rwayne said...

Your lousy Mutts didn't even deserve to be in the World Series in 1986. They were outplayed throughout the playoffs by the Astros, but thanks to some outright wrong calls by a rogue umpire named Fred Brocklander, the N.L. pennant was given to New York that year.

2-12-2009 @ 9:25AM

Casey said...

BS ... the Mets beat the Astros fair and square in
'86. Maybe if the umpires had really been doing their job, Mike Scuff wouldn't have gotten away with his cheating. You're just a bitter stros fan.

As for Fornelli's suggestion that cocaine is as bad as steroids, that makes no sense. It does not result in performance enhancement like steroids do. Cocaine is what ruined Gooden's career, not helped it.

2-11-2009 @ 1:29PM

junior said...

Stop going to the games. No money coming through the gates, no bad boys of baseball. Arod the highest paid player and had to do drugs to get there. Another liar taking our money.