Darryl Strawberry has his number retired by the Mets! 🍓 (Full ceremony!)

Darryl Strawberry has his number retired by the New York Mets! The Mets turned their home run apple into a strawberry to celebrate the occasion! 🍓

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fans please welcome the man we honor this afternoon now and forever number 18 Daryl strawberry [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Applause] [Music] it’s amazing isn’t it all these years later this Band of Brothers remains as close as ever it’s wonderful now today Daryl strawberry is cemented in the history of this franchise forever joining an exclusive group group of Mets Excellence he joins number 37 Casey stangle number 14 Gil Hodes number 41 Tom sver number 31 Mike piao number 36 Jerry kman number 17 Keith Hernandez number 24 Willie ma number 16 Dwight Gooden Bob Murphy Ralph ker Bill Shay and across all of Major League Baseball number 42 Jackie Robinson these are the legends the Daryl strawberry joins this afternoon and Daryl in honor of your special day the New York Mets would like to present you with gifts to commemorate this Monumental occasion a framed jersey with your soon to be retired number 18 and framed artwork commemorating the Legendary 525t home run you hit off the Kevlar roof in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium welcome home Daryl City Field is all [Applause] yours yeah yeah nothing like like being [Music] home thank you first IID like to give honor to God like to thank him for his grace his mercy and his love for my [Music] life today I come back to say thank you to a lot of people first Steve and Alex thank you thank you for what you have done on this very special day remembering the players of the history of this organization myself today I celebrate you your team and the fans [Music] also like to say thank you to Fred wilpon Nelson double day Frank Cassie had it not been for them making a decision to draft me I wouldn’t have never been the first pick in the draft in 1980 I’m truly grateful being selected number one won in that draft of 1980 by the New York match when they came and got me out of class and they said you’ve been drafted by the New York Mets number one I said where the heck is New York [Music] at little did I know that I would come to the greatest place to play baseball little did I know I would play in front of the greatest fans [Music] forever there was nothing like playing the Queens there was nothing like playing the sh [Music] Stadium the memories I hold will be forever I will always cherish now I like to say thank you to the scouts that drafted me Roger and Harry Miner out of Southern California but my greatest thank you is to you all the [Music] fans I would have never became the player I became had it not been for you guys pushing me you push me into my destiny to be great you challenged me and I loved it the curtain CS the Boo and all of it came together to make me the best player that I ever was playing here in Queens for those eight seasons thank you thank you one thing I want to say to you fans and I mean this from the bottom of my heart I’m so sorry for ever leaving you [Music] guys I’m truly deeply sorry that I ever left you guys I’ve never played baseball in front of fans greater than you guys you made Queens the Shay Stadium home was nothing greater than playing in front of you guys all those great years now I want to thank a few people that helped me get to where I needed to get Chuck Hiller my rookie ball coach Jean Duan my able coach and my doublea Coach Dave Johnson Jim fry had it not been for G FR my rookie season when I supposed to be at the Ballpark early at 1:00 and I didn’t show up to 3:00 he got in my face and said I’m never going to wait for you again kid if you want to be great at this game you want to be a great player you’ll be at this ballpark early every day from that day forward I was at the Ballpark early every day and I we going to wear rookie of the year before him thank you Jim [Music] thank you to Bill [Music] Robinson another great coach Bobby Valentine another great coach for me buddy Haron and those a great coach for me my teammates over the here [Music] I would have never been a great player if it wasn’t for the teams I played on it takes players to make you better and all the guys I’m playing with inspired me to be better I want to say thank you to Gary Carter mooki Wilson mie Wilson and Gary Carter stands out more than anything to me not because of them being a great baseball player and I’ve said it many times it’s about the man Gary Carter and M Wilson was in front of me today I get to live that life today because I saw it through those two guys and I’m forever grateful for who they are and now ID like to say thank you to Keith herandez [Applause] had it not been for Kei I wouldn’t have never been the player that I turned out to be he taught me so much about the game he’s the greatest player that I’ve ever played with most intense player I ever played with the greatest knowledge of a player I ever played with helped drive me to be successful he taught me how to hit left hand pitching and I remember when I learned from him I ended up hitting 20 whole runs in the season off a left-handers because of ke a lot of times go guys don’t like to take credit for what they do was a great example for you [Applause] [Music] thank you Ron [Music] Darling for being such a great teammate being well educated Yale University smarter than everybody else in the clubhouse thank you to all the guys that are here today the 86 Mets John Franco John GI doc [Music] good Hojo Hojo me and Hojo 3030 together only 3030 together ever in the history of baseball Barry lion Kevin Mitchell thank you for making the trip Jesse arasco rapael Santana I want to say thank you to all my amazing friends Pastor friends who are here today there are too many of you to mention each one of you but you are a blessing in my life and I thank you for that I’d like to say thank you to my mother Mom I love you thank you for always praying for me thank you for always caring for me when I couldn’t care for myself you was always there in the middle interceding for me and I’m forever grateful mom I will see you one day again thank you to my brothers Michael and Ronnie my sister Regina and Michelle my godparents M papala my father-in-law and my mother-in-law Jerry and Peggy who’s from St Louis their wonderful daughters from St Louis and she told her parents I’m coming home from Florida and she said I’m bringing Daryl strawberry with me her father said he played for the Mets and then he dropped the phone but had it not been for them accepted me in their life and their family I wouldn’t be standing here today my life has been transformed because of my wife I am so grateful and thankful that the Lord has given me a wife that pays more attention to me than I paid to myself because of her love I ended up in emergency room 3 months ago almost losing my life I had a massive heart attack I was at 40% and had it not been for my wife getting me in I might not be here [Music] today thank you to my beautiful children DJ Diamond Jordan Jade Jew Alice Omar atin Evans and the greatest gift I’ve ever received was accepting the Lord in my life not just becoming a baseball player but becoming a man Sandy Carter your husband Gary Carter and Mookie Wilson was a great example that I ever seen as a man and I thank God for them and what they meant to me and what they me to the city of New York but most of all to you fans and to the players of the day Embrace this it goes last these are the greatest fans you will ever play in front [Music] of they will stand on their feet for you and cheer you on they will let you know when you suck don’t worry about it guys is part of it but push through cuz you guys have it you have the talent believe in each other care for each other check each other off and I just want to say this St and Alex for this organization David star The Best Is Yet To Come for you guys just know that it’s a process but the best will come because you guys have the right heart forward to make these fans great again cuz they are faithful and I experienced it more than you could ever imagine and I’m forever grateful for this day I celebrate you guys I will never forget you guys you guys will always be in my thoughts and my prayers and I love you guys and God bless you guys thank you thank you thank you thank you guys thank you [Music] well darl from Draft Day in 1980 to this moment please everyone direct your attention to the retired numbers in left field where Daryl’s number 18 is unveiled [Music] [Music] now and forever congratulations Daryl let’s give one more hand for today’s Honore Daryl [Applause] [Music] strawberry but there has never been a shred of doubt about the Charisma that Daryl strawberry possesses and if you needed a reminder from the day he last played for the Mets in 1990 he reminded you of that today he is one of the greatest players ever to put on a Mets uniform and your eyes were riveted to him every time he stood in the Batters box and everybody in this ballpark was riveted to Daryl as he accepted his number retired in perpetuity here today