Coming soon to a school near you

When I was younger, it seemed like every year we would have an assembly where they would have someone come into school and talk to us, telling us to stay in school and not to use drugs. They were not always famous, but they all hoped to motivate us and get their message across. In September, MLB.com ran an auction where a lucky school in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut got to bid to have a former New York Met come to their school to give a speech. That player that was up for auction: Daryl Strawberry! I guess Dwight Gooden was busy. Daryl Strawberry giving a speech on life lessons and staying away from drugs is worth the price of admission right there. The way the auction went, he was much cheaper than some of the other athletes available for motivational speeches.