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Article: Darryl Strawberry Placed On Waivers: Los Angeles Dodgers Release
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- June 1, 1994
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Staci Bush
Sacramento Observer
06-01-1994
Darryl Strawberry Placed On Waivers: Los Angeles Dodgers Release Hometown. Star After Returning From Substance-Abuse Clinic
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers once paid Darryl Strawberry big money in hopes he would produce a championship in his hometown. This week, they paid him to simply go away and released him.
Strawberry has not played this season and is in an after-care program following a four-week stay in a substance-abuse clinic.
The Dodgers said they reached a settlement with Strawberry, who was to be paid $3 million this year and $5 million in 1995 to finish out the five-year, $20.25 million contract he signed Nov., 8, 1990. The Dodgers ...