Strawberry: Mets should get in bar fight to get an edge
Darryl Strawberry has some advice for the New York Mets: Get in a fight.
After Noah Syndergaard was ejected Saturday for throwing a pitch behind Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley, Strawberry - a member of the 1986 World Series champion Mets - thinks the team needs to continue to build an edge in order to win a title, and it can do so by getting physical.
"I don't know, maybe they need to get into a couple of fights. You find out then who's tough and who's not," Strawberry told Zach Braziller of the New York Post. "Maybe they need to go to the bar and drink and get into a couple of fights like we did. Then you realize what you really have.
"You realize it's a short window, and this will pass you by. Before you know it, it’s gone and you'll wish you put it all together as a team."
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The '86 Mets are remembered for an incident in Houston on July 20, 1986, when Tim Teufel, Ron Darling, Bob Ojeda, and Rick Aguilera were arrested due to an altercation at a bar after a 3-0 loss to the Astros.
Teufel and Darling were both charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, while Ojeda and Aguilera were charged with hindering an arrest.
Strawberry's advice doesn't seem like it would scare away Syndergaard, who's shown in the past he'd welcome a battle of fisticuffs.