Darryl Strawberry, Julius Erving

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Host Bill Donohue brings in the new show by welcoming former New York Mets and Yankees outfielder Darryl Strawberry. Darryl talks about some of his favorite teams and players (Pete Rose?!) growing up in Los Angeles. Strawberry also talked about playing for Davey Johnson, losing to the Dodgers in 1988, leaving the New York Mets to play in Los Angeles, his relationship with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and playing for the Yankees and being a part of a Simpsons episode. The Straw man also talked about his new book coming out on January 12th, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Your-Season-Around-Transforms/dp/0310360862" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Turn Your Season Around: How God Transforms Your Life</a> and how his life and perspective has changed since his baseball career ended.Then former New York Nets star forward and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Julius Erving joined the show as "Dr. J" talked about his favorite teams and players growing up in Roosevelt on Long Island, as well as some of the great basketball players that grew up in the area. Erving also talked about the evolution of the dunk, his relationship with basketball Hall-of-Famer Pete Maravich, the early days of the ABA and playing at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island for the Nets, and his time in Philadelphia with the Sixers. "Dr. J" closed things out talking about his famous dunk in the 1980 NBA Finals, and later talked about comparisons to Michael Jordan and other stars that came into the NBA after him.<ul><li>[00:00] - Show Intro</li><li>[01:46] - Darryl Strawberry joins the show</li><li>[06:58] - Relationship with George Steinbrenner</li><li>[07:56] - Being on The Simpsons</li><li>[20:43] - Darryl talks about the turning point in his life</li><li>[29:44] - Julius Erving joins the show</li><li>[35:33] - The evolution of the dunk</li><li>[38:28] - Thoughts on "Pistol"