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Dwight Gooden calls Darryl Strawberry ‘Lucifer’ as war of words escalates

Dwight Gooden finally showed up Monday, and he had a lot of bad things to say about ex-teammate Darryl Strawberry.After giving a radio interview earlierMonday, Gooden released a statement through a representative Monday night that blasted Strawberry for displaying a lack of “character and strength” for his https://www.cardinalsedge.com/st-louis-cardinals/jedd-gyorko-jersey recent comments that suggested the former Cy Young winner mi sed a scheduled event appearance because of an ongoing drug problem. In a later interview, he referred to Strawberry as “Lucifer.”MORE: Most controversial players in MLB history”I do not do cocaine and have not for years,” Gooden’s statement reads, in part. “Last Thursday night, I was unable to attend an event at WFAN with Darryl. There were plenty of times when Darryl was unable to attend events as well. No one, most of all me, made any big deal out of Darryl’s absence, nor should they have.”Strawberry had said he wasconcerned for Gooden’s life after the mi sed appearance, going so https://www.cardinalsedge.com/st-louis-cardinals/brett-cecil-jersey far as to call him a “complete junkie-addict” andsaying he hopes “the light comes on soon before it’s too late.” Strawberry a serted in an interview/public interventionwith the New York Daily News that Goodenstill struggled with cocaine, which plagued the former All-Star during the 1980s.Gooden wasn’t pleased, saying Strawberry “has always made our differences personal.”MORE: Memorable Mets moments”I had hoped we could keep these differences between us,” Gooden said in his statement.”But Darryl could not manage to do that. I am sorry for his inability to show more character and strength. While I was there for him, he obviously was never there for me.”Earlier Monday, Gooden shared similar thoughts, telling”The Joe Piscopo Show” on New Jersey’sNew York’s WNYM-AM that”the Darryl thing hurt me a lot.””I re-established a relationship with him. I gave him a lot of stuff. I never went to the pre s. I never said anything (negative) about him. I need to make better choices in picking friends,” Gooden said.Gooden later upped the criticism of Strawberry in a mud-slinginginterview Monday nightwith the New York Post.Darryl has a drug rehab in his name, he is supposed to be a pastor. I call him Lucifer,” he said, according to the Post.” [Going public]was a weak shot, and he did it to make himself look better, because he is running a drug rehab.The drama comes about five weeks after ESPN aired a “30 for 30” documentary titled “Doc https://www.cardinalsedge.com/st-louis-cardinals/keith-hernandez-jersey and Darryl,” which recounted the pair’s succe ses and struggles during the ’80s and alsoreunitedthem at a diner in Queens, where they reminisced aboutthe glory days.

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