In non-Twins News: NY Mets HOF

Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden to join New York Mets Hall of Fame with Frank Cashen, Davey Johnson

BY ANTHONY MCCARRON
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Originally Published:Tuesday, January 19th 2010, 4:18 PM

Updated: Tuesday, January 19th 2010, 4:33 PM

Al Bello

Former Mets Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry (pictured at Shea in 2008) both played for the Yankees but said Tuesday their hearts have always been in Queens.

Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden, who once became Met pariahs because of their struggles with addiction and tours in the Bronx, "came full circle" Tuesday, as Gooden put it. Both men were announced as part of a four-person class headed for the newly-revived Mets Hall of Fame, along with two of the bigwigs of the Mets' last World Series champion in 1986, GM Frank Cashen and manager Davey Johnson.

If anyone ever wonders whether the two former stars should be considered Mets or Yankees, they both answered the question Tuesday. "For me, I was always a Met at heart," Gooden said. He called his inclusion as one of 25 in the Met Hall of Fame "overwhelming."

"For me, it's always been the Mets," added Strawberry. "That's where I started, being drafted No. 1, coming to the big leagues, having all the success in a Met uniform. It's always been home to me.

"I am always grateful for the opportunity to play with the Yankees and I'll never forget that. But the Mets is the place I always believed in, and this is where our dreams always came through, the success we had as a team."

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As a relocated New Yorker the news of this actually makes me very happy.  The 1986 Mets are the reason I am a baseball fan.  I was 11 years old when the Amazing Mets baseball fever took hold of NYC.  Darryl, Doc and Davey  (along with Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez) all played major parts in the success of that team.  Its great for the CitiField to show praise to a great time in Mets history.  

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