Darryl Strawberry Is Not Trying to Save You

It was a lazy, humid weekday afternoon at Citi Field, and the early birds were taking a steam bath. Ed Kranepool, an original Met, was on the field near the Mets dugout, shaking hands, making the scene. Charlie Hayes, the old Yankee third baseman, was sitting on a cushioned field-level seat near third base. In a few hours, his son, Ke’Bryan Hayes, would be playing third and batting third for the visitors, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nearby, on the... + full article