Darryl Strawberry: God Saved his Life, and Now he says he has 'Never Been Happier' Serving Him (Gosp

He is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he was one of the most feared sluggers in the game. He was known primarily for his intimidating presence in the batter's box and his long, looping swing. During his 17-year career, he helped lead the New York Mets to a World Series championship in 1986 and the New York Yankees to three World Series championships in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He was voted to the All-Star Game eight straight times from 1984–1991.

Throughout his difficult childhood, he often saw the rage from his father's drinking and wild behaviour at nightclubs. While he was a young boy, his father threatened to kill the entire family. It was at that point that the police arrested him and he never came back to his family. As he became a star player in high school and was drafted in the first round by the New York Mets, his life was on a downward spiral. He began to smoke crack, drink heavily, do drugs, and was abusive to himself and to his family. In 1992, at the suggestion of a relative, he visited a Morris Cerullo crusade, and gave his life to Jesus Christ. He thought then that everything for him would change overnight, but that was not the case. Soon after he dislocated his shoulder and then reverted back to his old life of drinking and drugs.

In the years following, his Christian walk was anything but easy. He ruptured a disk in his lower spine, divorced and remarried, got into several fights and was arrested, put under investigation for tax fraud, went back and forth between teams, checked into a rehab clinic, tested positive for cocaine, went to jail for felony tax evasion and later for other charges; was diagnosed with cancer and had to endure the long painful process of chemotherapy...
His name is Darryl Strawberry.