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Hall of Fame Statistics. Similarity Scores Explanation of Similarity Scores. More Strawberry Pages. Full Site Menu Return to Top. Louis Cardinals. We're Social Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Crenshaw was an athletic powerhouse. Basketball was his first love and his gangly frame gave him an advantage on the court, but baseball came the most natural to him. When Darryl entered Crenshaw High for the 10th grade, he was already 6-feet He was long and lean and covered with sinewy muscle, not the type created by hours in a weight room or supplements, but the real thing.
At Crenshaw, Hurst did his best to instill the qualities his players were lacking to help them succeed on and off the field. Any backtalk or mouthing off to him and he would make them run till they dropped from exhaustion. For many of his players, Hurst was the only stable male figure in their lives.
He was familiar with Darryl and his situation; both older brothers had played for him at Crenshaw. Hurst did his best to watch over Darryl and guide him to make the right choices during his three years at Crenshaw.
Strawberry struggled his first year in high school; although there was no denying his talent, he was given no special treatment under Hurst. Coach Hurst often found himself annoyed with Darryl and his approach of only giving a half-effort. I had him run laps. I would tell him: The scouts come in here with assumptions about inner-city ballplayers.
You have to counteract that. But finally, I just ran out of patience. He still came to games. He helped lug the equipment. Despite his talent, when Strawberry came back for the season there were some who thought he was not the best talent on the team.
He also had to contend with Corrie Dillard and another player who would go on to the major leagues, Chris Brown. Besides those three, the rest of the Crenshaw team was also talented, so much so that many of the second-stringers would end up with professional contracts.
On the playing field the Crenshaw team was in the midst of a spectacular season. Strawberry was having an outstanding year at the plate, in the outfield, and when he took the mound. The team easily defeated many of its inner-city opponents.
Coach Hurst did his best to shield his players from the circus enveloping them, and keeping their focus on the game itself. Throughout the season the team kept playing at a high level and by the time the regular season was drawing to a close Crenshaw had lost only a handful of games — and in each of those cases Hurst had benched one of his star players for disciplinary reasons.
Anchored by senior Chris Brown and junior Darryl Strawberry, it was the first inner-city school in many years that had the talent to compete against those in the San Fernando Valley that benefited from manicured fields, booster clubs, and year-round instruction.
Nothing, it seemed could keep Crenshaw from hitting. In the semifinal round they powered their way over Monroe High by a score of On June 6, , the Cougars boarded the bus for the short trip to Dodger Stadium.
Their third baseman was a high-school football standout, Stanford-bound John Elway. The Crenshaw players had their work cut out for them, and when Granada Hills jumped out to an early lead; their task became much more difficult. A strong third inning put Crenshaw back on top by a run and the Granada Hills coach pulled Elway from third base and put him in as pitcher. After his eight warmup pitches, Elway struck out the next batter to end the inning.
On the mound Strawberry began to crumble. Unnerved by the Little League tactics of fake bunts, he began to become erratic and after walking several batters he was pulled and sent to the outfield. When Strawberry returned to Crenshaw for his senior year all of the attention was lavished upon him.
Without Brown to share the spotlight, it became the season of Strawberry. Coach Hurst was continuously chasing agents off the baseball field and out of the Crenshaw hallways.
Strawberry often found himself surrounded by an entourage and those looking for any piece of stardom that association with him brought.
As his ego grew, his attitude only seemed to worsen, according to some teammates. The ball just jumps off his bat. Strawberry had dreamed about being the first overall pick in the draft, and in June of , the New York Mets made that happen. The Mets were hoping he would help turn the franchise around. Not only did he have the potential to help on the field, he could provide them with much-needed box-office revenue as well.
But before Strawberry was able to play in Shea Stadium he had to first prove himself in the minor leagues. A few days later, Strawberry found himself in a landscape vastly different than that of Manhattan or Los Angeles.
During that season, in plate appearances he batted. His work ethic was still sloppy, according to some and he was often late arriving to the stadium, onetime even missing a game. He continued to struggle and failed to live up to all the hype that was heaped upon him before the draft. Off the field, the year-old Strawberry was homesick and called his mother every day. On the field he was struggling against many of the pitchers he faced.
They easily fooled him with hard fastballs inside and breaking balls. Strawberry possessed the power to put the ball into play, but he struggled to make the contact that had made him a legend at Crenshaw.
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