Bad behavior
Former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry said in a television interview Thursday that he was scoring on the field and in the clubhouse during his playing days.
Strawberry, who was suspended three times by Major
League Baseball for violating its substance abuse policy and also was arrested in 1999 for possession of cocaine, recently admitted to being addicted to sex.
Details of Strawberry’s lifestyle came out during an interview on Thursday’s edition of The Dr. Oz Show, where he went into detail about his sex drive.
“In the middle of games, yeah, I would go between innings, and stuff like that, and run back and have a little party going on,” Strawberry said. “I thought it was pretty cool. That’s just the addiction, the drive.”
Even when he struggled in the batter’s box, Strawberry said he would dispatch attendants into the Shea Stadium stands to find women who wanted to see him.
He said the romps were part of the destructive behavior that led to his downfall.
“It’s a behavior that’s not good for anyone,” Strawberry said. “But when you have an addictive personality — like addicts, and alcoholics, and sex addiction — it’s an addictive personality. And we turn it on and turn it off. And it’s not until you have an awakening in your life to get well on the inside, and so many people never get to that place.”