Darryl Strawberry told New York Mets fans it was a mistake to leave for the Los Angeles Dodgers 34 years ago.
NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry stood on the Citi Field grass as his No. 18 was being retired and addressed the New York Mets fans he had jilted 34 years earlier.'I mean this from the bottom of my heart, I'm so sorry for ever leaving you guys,' Strawberry told the crowd of 30,600, his voice slowing. 'I'm truly, deeply sorry that I ever left you guys. I never played baseball in front of fans greater than you guys.
'I wanted to be that kind of man. I just didn't have the guts to do what they were doing at the time that they were doing it, and it means a lot to me because they were drinking milk and I was drinking alcohol.'Strawberry wore a blue suit with a dark blue tie, and a strawberry shake sat in front of him as part of a promotion. He addressed his decision to leave the Mets after the 1990 season and sign a five-year deal with his hometown Dodgers.
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