By Mallory Mattingly
New York Mets Hall of Fame pitcher Darryl Strawberry has been completely pardoned for past legal troubles by President Trump.
“Thank you, President @realdonaldtrump for my full pardon and for finalizing this part of my life, allowing me to be truly free and clean from all of my past,” Strawberry wrote on Instagram a few days ago.
“At 4:37 pm yesterday, I was home caring for my wife as she recovered from surgery, when my phone kept ringing relentlessly,” he described. “Half asleep, I glanced over and saw a call from Washington, DC. Curious, I answered, and to my amazement, the lady on the line said, ‘Darryl Strawberry, you have a call from the President of the United States, Donald Trump.'”
“I put it on speakerphone with my wife nearby, and President Trump spoke warmly about my baseball days in NYC, praising me as one of the greatest players of the ‘80s and celebrating the Mets,” the pitcher continued. “Then, he told me he was granting me a full pardon from my past. My wife captured the moment on video, and I was overwhelmed with gratitude — thanking God for setting me free from my past, helping me become a better man, husband and father. This experience has deepened my faith and commitment to working for His kingdom as a true follower of Jesus Christ.”
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“This has nothing to do with politics — it’s about a Man, President Trump, caring deeply for a friend. God used him as a vessel to set me free forever!” Strawberry celebrated.
According to Fox News Digital, the last few years of Strawberry’s baseball career “were riddled with legal troubles, including an arrest in 1999 as a member of the New York Yankees for soliciting sex from a police officer posing as a prostitute. That resulted in a 140-day suspension and 21 months of probation, along with community service.”
After that, Strawberry was ordered to take a drug test and “tested positive for cocaine, resulting in a suspension for the entire 2000 season, effectively ending his career. He served 11 months in prison from 2002 to 2003 for violating rules at a treatment center. Strawberry also admitted to having sex between innings of his games.”
Strawberry credits his wife, Tracy, and his faith in God for turning his life around to where he is today.
“You know, I was smoking crack, shooting dope. I was three million dollars in debt. And she was banging on doors and pulling me out of d*pe houses and talking about, ‘God’s got a plan for your life.'” Strawberry shared while speaking with God Behind Bars.
Strawberry’s life is a story of redemption and grace. Once plagued with scandal and addiction, now he uses his life to share the gospel and freedom available to anyone who turns to Jesus as their savior. With Trump’s full pardon of Strawberry’s record, he can fully move past that part of his life and focus on what God is doing through him now.
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