I stumbled across this yesterday. You kids should read the article, it’s a wonderful view of how the wheels were coming off in 1987, and that as crazy as things seem now, they were always crazy.
1) Strawberry lashed out at Mazzilli and Backman, saying “They rip me and they can’t even hold my jock.” He also challenged Backman, who is 11 inches shorter than he is, with, “I’ll bust him in the face, that little redneck.”
2) Backman acknowledged that he is, in fact, a redneck.
via Darryl Strawberry has been hitting a sour note with his – 07.13.87 – SI Vault.