First published 2009
Darryl Strawberry opens his life story in the neighborhoods of Crenshaw, Los Angeles, where his baseball dreams took root. The eight-time All Star and four-time World Series Champion traces his path from National League Rookie of the Year through the peaks of major league success with the Mets and Yankees. Strawberry confronts the personal battles that ran parallel to his professional triumphs. He details his encounters with legal trouble, his fight against cancer, and the low points that threatened to overshadow his athletic achievements. The former slugger describes finding spiritual awakening and discovering lasting love in his marriage. His story moves between the bright lights of baseball stardom and the darker moments of personal struggle, ultimately revealing how he rebuilt his life on new foundations.
Genres: biography, autobiography, biography-memoir, baseball
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: redemption, second-chance
Setting: Crenshaw, Los Angeles
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
256 pages · Hardcover · Ecco
Content warnings: addiction, terminal-illness