Darryl Strawberry has a new book coming out and he called coming home to play for the Dodgers a mistake. "On the professional level, playing in L.A. was a huge letdown after a decade in New York," he wrote. "The sports atmosphere in New York was insane and intense and that was what I was used to. Lunatic fans screaming at you when you lost and tearing the joint up when you won. In Dodger Stadium, fans were much more, you know, Californian. Laid back. Drifted into the park late, filtered out early. They had no fire, no passion. When you got a hit, they gave you a smattering of polite applause. When you struck out, they were like, 'Oh, bummer, man. Better luck next time.' "It was, to be honest, boring...''