The AP is reporting that former Met Daryl Strawberry is facing charges (again) from his failure to pay taxes in 1994. The government claims that the back taxes he owes from the early 90s, plus interest, equal almost a half million.

For those who forgot, since it was over a ten years ago, Strawberry was originally indicted for failing to report income he made off of memorabilia.

Now, Daryl Strawberry might be one of those guys who never really lived up to his potential. A gifted athlete who made quite a few mistakes and as a result didn't quite end up with the Hall of Fame career he could have. But aren't there more pressing issues in baseball right now that the government can be dealing with? Like steroids. I hear thats a problem. Did they forget about this whole Daryl Strawberry owing a half mill in taxes? Cause I get nasty letters from the government if I don't timely pay my speeding tickets. There's two cities in the state that if I park in my old tickets will get me towed. And these are for like $20 tickets. They remember that, but someone lost track of a half mill in back taxes from a well known athlete?

The good news is once this is solved, they can move on and start investigating that whole late 90s homerun surge. By this time in 2012, we'll know the truth about McGwuire.