The deferred compensation agreement included in Darryl Strawberry's 1985-90 contact with the New York Mets has been auctioned for $1.3 million by the Internal Revenue Service. The buyer, only identified as a man, was among 31 bidders during the sale Tuesday in Fairview Heights, Illinois, according to Michael Devine of the IRS's St. Louis office. Chief U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rogers in Pensacola, Florida, ordered the sale last September to satisfy tax liens for Strawberry's federal tax debts for 1989, 1990, 2003 and 2004. The federal government sued Strawberry in 2007, seeking to collect what then was nearly $500,000 in unpaid taxes from the eight-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion. More...