SARASOTA – It was left to Darryl Strawberry , Davey Johnson ’s “prodigal son,” to recall at the ex-Met manager’s memorial service yesterday how it took a “great person” with a special temperament and utmost confidence to lead the raucous party animal Mets to the 1986 world championship .

Standing at the podium before a small gathering of Johnson’s family and friends at the Sarasota Seventh-Day Adventist Church that included his former ’86 Met teammates Rafael Santana and Dave Magadan , Strawberry, who had his own periodic stormy clashes with Johnson during their ‘80s tenure together at Shea Stadium, expressed thanks now for having had Davey a part of his life.

Those were heady, wild and crazy times, but as Darryl said emphatically: “Davey was the only one who could’ve handled u

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