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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
During the same ceremony they will also be retiring Darryl Strawberry's #18.
Strawberry had the one of the sweetest swings ever. I'll never forget when he hit a home run at Shea that traveled so far that it a moving train. Couldn't find a video of that, but here are some others.
Game 7 of the 1986 World Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfJJUqPF0g
Blast off the roof of Expos' Olympic Stadium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3sdYKj_VHc |
His swing was a thing of beauty. He and Gooden both so underachieved.
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