Ex-Mets star Darryl Strawberry talks Trump pardon during church sermon

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Former New York Mets prima Darryl Strawberry expressed his gratitude toward President Donald Trump connected Sunday during a religion sermon successful Oklahoma.

Trump pardoned Strawberry earlier this period for past taxation evasion and cause charges. Strawberry was welcomed into a Tulsa religion by Jackson Lahmeyer, the laminitis of Pastors for Trump. He received cheers from the congregation of much than 400 erstwhile helium mentioned the pardon.

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New York Mets erstwhile subordinate Darryl Strawberry speaks during a pregame ceremonial to discontinue his No. 18 earlier a crippled against the Arizona Diamondbacks astatine Citi Field connected July 1, 2024. (Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports)

"God conscionable wholly acceptable maine escaped erstwhile helium gave maine a pardon from President Donald J. Trump," helium said. "Other presidents had opportunities, but they didn’t bash it."

Strawberry was the No. 1 wide prime of the 1980 MLB Draft. He made his debut astatine the property of 21 successful 1983 and played for New York until 1990. He spent clip with the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees.

He won 3 World Series titles, deed 335 location runs and batted .259 with a .862 OPS.

Strawberry battled legal, wellness and idiosyncratic problems passim his career. He served 11 months successful a Florida situation for a 2002 probation violation.

The 63-year-old credited his Christian religion for helping him crook his beingness astir and allowing him to stay sober for much than 2 decades.

"All glory to God due to the fact that helium recovered maine successful a pit and enactment maine successful a pulpit," Strawberry said.

The devil "should person killed maine erstwhile helium had a chance," helium joked.

Former Major League shot subordinate Darryl Strawberry, 2nd from left, poses with immoderate of the radical who heard him preach connected Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, astatine Sheridan Church, successful Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Bobby Ross)

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Strawberry said helium was amazed to perceive from Trump connected Nov. 6 erstwhile the president revealed helium was going to pardon the erstwhile MLB star. The 2 had gotten acquainted during "Celebrity Apprentice" successful 2010.

"We conscionable talked astir my shot vocation successful the 1980s and what benignant of subordinate I was," Strawberry told The Associated Press. "He was conscionable telling maine however large of a subordinate I was … and helium conscionable benignant of joked astir that helium couldn’t deed a baseball. I said, ’Well, the mode you deed a play ball, you tin deed a baseball.’"

He said the 2 talked astir his blameworthy plea successful 1999 to taxation evasion for nonaccomplishment to study $350,000 successful income from autographs, idiosyncratic appearances and memorabilia sales.

"He told me, ‘You cognize you did immoderate precise atrocious things,’" Strawberry said. "But helium said, ’Today, the mode your beingness is and what you’re doing, your religion and helping radical and being sober, I’m giving you a afloat pardon. You’re going to beryllium clean. I’m wiping everything out.’"

Strawberry and Doc Gooden person notoriously been tied unneurotic owed to their immense endowment portion playing for the Mets portion battling cause and intoxicant abuse. Strawberry was capable to crook his beingness astir overmuch earlier than Gooden, but Gooden appears to person stayed connected the close way successful caller years. The 2 appeared unneurotic successful past year's National League Championship Series betwixt the Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers and were the subjects of ESPN's 30 for 30, "Doc and Darryl."