Former baseball star Darryl Strawberry is now an evangelical preacher focused on promoting Israel

Strawberry, an eight-time MLB All-Star-turned-traveling-preacher, embarked on his first pilgrimage to Israel in 2018.

Darryl Strawberry bats in a game between the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in 1986.

Darryl Strawberry bats in a game between the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in 1986.

(photo credit: George Gojkovich/Getty Images)

ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

MARCH 9, 2023 04:22

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