Darryl Strawberry

==Post-playing life==
[[File:Darryl Strawberry.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.75|Darryl Strawberry, [[American Century Celebrity Golf Classic]], July 13, 2008]]
Strawberry attended the Mets' 1986 World Champion team reunion on August 19, 2006, where the team received a standing ovation from fans at [[Shea Stadium]] in an on-field ceremony.<ref name="86reunion">{{cite news| url= http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/story/445143p-374880c.html |title= Reunion like it oughta be| access-date= August 21, 2006|last=Olson|first=Lisa|date=August 20, 2006|work=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> He worked as an instructor for the New York Mets in 2005 and 2008, and was inducted to the Mets Hall of Fame in 2010.

He has made regular appearances at the [[New York Yankees]]' [[Old Timer's Day]], most recently in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120625&content_id=33893390&vkey=pr_nyy&c_id=nyy|title=Yankees to hold 66th Old-Timers' Day on Sunday, July 1|website=newyork.yankees.mlb.com|date=June 25, 2012|access-date=January 28, 2013|archive-date=July 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703212753/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120625&content_id=33893390&vkey=pr_nyy&c_id=nyy|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He threw out the ceremonial [[first pitch]] at Shea Stadium before Game 1 of the [[National League Championship Series]] between the Mets and the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] on October 12, 2006. He was given a rousing ovation by the Shea Stadium crowd. He served as an anchor on the Mets pre- and post- game shows on SNY in 2007 and 2008, eventually settling into a part-time analysis role for the 2009 season.

He opened his own restaurant, Strawberry's Sports Grill, in [[Douglaston, Queens]] in August 2010.<ref name="NYT_up_close">{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/fashion/14upclose.html?_r=1&hp|title=Up Close – Making Peace by Serving Wings |access-date= October 14, 2010|last=Williams|first=Alex|date=October 14, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The restaurant closed in October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Orovic|first=Joseph|url=http://www.qchron.com/editions/north/darryl-strawberry-s-restaurant-closes-for-good/article_b6ec333e-0551-568d-8bfc-5ca06e97a943.html|title=Darryl Strawberry's restaurant closes for good | work= Queens Chronicle| via= Qchron.com|date=October 18, 2012|access-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref>

On Aug. 24, 2023, the Mets announced plans to retire Strawberry's number 18 - along with the number 16 of former teammate Dwight Gooden - in a ceremony during the 2024 baseball season. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38251179/mets-retire-numbers-dwight-gooden-daryl-strawberry-next-season | title=Mets to retire numbers of Gooden, Strawberry | date=August 24, 2023 }}</ref>