25 years ago today, on May 6th, 1983, Darryl Strawberry made his major league debut at Shea Stadium. On MLB.com, Marty Noble describes how Darryl’s debut was bigger than any Met in history. Bigger than Piazza, bigger than Doc, bigger than Wright or Reyes, even bigger than Seaver.

Straw recalls the reception he received on the historic day.

“I remember a lot of that, especially the strikeouts,” Strawberry said on Monday morning from his home outside St. Louis. “Mario Soto got me all three times. And they cheered anyway. [Soto] had the best changeup in the game. And I didn’t want to see changeups that night. I wanted fastballs.”

Head over to MLB.com for Noble’s fantastic piece on the day Strawberry came to Shea.