Unfiltered: Doc Gooden

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Doc Gooden opens up to Howie Rose to talk about his life beyond baseball, touching on his family, addiction and more in this exclusive interview.
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@craiglahey3209 5 жыл бұрын

What incredible memories Doc has bestowed us with. Watching him pitch in the 80's was an absolute event, and truly poetry in motion. So glad to see him healthy and enjoying life, and may God continue to bless him and his family.

@ocljtc 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Dwight looking well and happy. God bless him.

@MrAitraining 3 жыл бұрын

He looks thin and cracked out.

@marcsonnenberg623 4 жыл бұрын

Dwight, if you ever see this comment, just know that you gave a lot of Met fans joy and happiness every time you were on the mound. We all think the world of you. And for the ones who don't and dwell on the negatives, well when you come down to it, it doesn't matter what other people think of you. It only matters what you think of you. We all make mistakes in life. Never dwell on the past or give those people the time of day. The past is history. Done. Gone. We can't change the past or predict the future. What we can do is to be the best we can be each and every day and live in the present. Don't think about shoulda, coulda, woulda, it doesn't matter today. You are a good man and you can be whatever you want to be. Stay clear of bad influences and just know that you are the boss of your own life. Always look towards the future. Set goals. Pitching coach maybe? At your best in 1984-1986 nobody was better. Your 1985 season was as good as Bob Gibson in 1968 and Tom Seaver in 1969. Awesome! Unhittable is more like it. God Bless you Dwight!

@MaximusWolfe 3 жыл бұрын

He was my hero in baseball (Bird in basketball, Art Monk in football) and I still remember how much it hurt when he caught the drug train and kept being mentioned more for his iniquities than his incredible talent. Glad he found some clarity.

@rolandocardonamonge9048 5 жыл бұрын

What a pitcher he was, I'm so happy to see him in good condition, god bless him.

@douglasparker8418 5 жыл бұрын

Forever young, Doc.

@billybatson22 5 жыл бұрын

Doc looks great. Thanks for this interview!

@MrAitraining 3 жыл бұрын

He looks thin and cracked out. Sad

@metsfan421 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see Doc doing well! Keep it up Dr. K!

@NYYanks2003040506 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite pitchers but never actually got to a game he started until 2000 when he returned to the Yankees.

@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar 3 жыл бұрын

Doc was ridiculously overworked as a teenager, the team screwed with his mechanics, he had enormous pressure on him as one of the faces of baseball, he was a 21-year-old with a sore arm pitching in the postseason as the Mets’ ace, he began his career as a teetotaling teenager but succumbed to all the pressure in his 20s and found himself in a never ending, life-or-death battle with substance abuse, yet he was so otherworldly talented that he still managed to be a high-end major league starting pitcher for ten full seasons. If he’d been born in 1994 instead of 1964, he would basically have been Tyler Glasnow, just better. And Doc still loves baseball and the Mets so much, and is such a gentleman, that in the wake of Jacob deGrom’s 15-strikeout shutout masterpiece last week, Doc went out of his way to say, on the record, that Jake is better than he was even in 1985, and that he watches every one of Jake’s starts because they’re appointment viewing for him. As a chubby little brown kid growing up in central NJ in the late 80s, Doc was a superhero to me. Looking back now as an adult (though still chubby and brown 😆), I understand-yet I can never really comprehend-what it must have been like for young Dwight Gooden of Tampa to find himself being anointed Doc Gooden, savior of the Mets and teenaged king of New York. May the good Doctor K and his family always be healthy and happy.

@callmejay05 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff

@hm2ls869 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome content. Thank you to all involved 🥲. Doc, we love you. Howie, thank you for being respectful.

@michaelsemmijr2095 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever opinions about the drugs or whatever, he gave us 1986. Cant take that away from him.

@jc6594 4 жыл бұрын

Happy 55th Birthday Dwight Gooden

@philipsantucci8139 8 ай бұрын

You look fantastic Dwight, keep up the great work 💯. I would like to ask, how important was your no hitter with the Yankees and is it one of the best things that has happened to you in your career?

@scottemelock583 Жыл бұрын

The days he pitched were an event

@KTF0 2 жыл бұрын

Gary Sheffield was hitting vs Dwight at a young age? No wonder why he also turned out good.

@sacrimonius 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Be cool my brother.

@Lawomenshoops 3 жыл бұрын

Of course, drugs ruined Doc's career, but if you look at him in 85, and then in 88-90, his body changed. He gained weight. He lost the flexibility that made him a great pitcher. That led to his shoulder issues.

@dareal05 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his body was bound to change growing more into adult hood. The substance abuse issues I feel were the main culprit -- could tell in 86 the same laser focus wasn't there. But the tinkering on the mechanics to avoid tipping pitches etc did play a role. His motion started becoming a bit off balance and his release point started seeming off, no longer as over the top with that whip motion and hitters started picking up the fastball better.

@Joseph-lz5er 5 жыл бұрын

He's still very fidgety during this interview, a good indication of drug use over the years. He does look much more healthier now than he did few years ago when he looked so frail and sick. I hope he has kicked his habit and wish him well.

@MrAitraining 3 жыл бұрын

He's cracked out here. Very sad

@MGAF688 2 жыл бұрын

Doc Gooden. Nice guy. But he is always in and out of trouble. Hope he moves past it all once and for all.

@johnmanzella7696 4 жыл бұрын

You have no place nere on this conversation

@jordanreid4512 3 жыл бұрын

Damn pretty sad to see, it’s obvious he’s high for this interview

@MrAitraining 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Def. the crack jaw is going, talking fast and looks like shit.

@MGAF688 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrAitraining He is definitely on something.

@philipsantucci8139 8 ай бұрын

I do not think he's high in this interview and you must be the typical type of person to wish everyone else the worst 😭🙏.I hope that you are sober like Doc is in the interview 😮😅😅😅😅

@amisbreakthrough5064 5 жыл бұрын

Doc Gooden is a total mess. He can’t get off drugs.

@joesmithin 5 жыл бұрын

so what.. he should be the toast of town even when he's long gone

@lotsaringwear2937 4 жыл бұрын

Very sad. He and Darryl both Hall of Famers who succumbed to the pitfalls of fame.

@johnnyswerves4496 4 жыл бұрын

Explain yourself troll

@MaximusWolfe 3 жыл бұрын

Lotsa Ringwear Would have been hall of gamers were it not for their immaturity.

@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar 3 жыл бұрын

You people are embarrassing clowns. When a generationally talented but horrendously overworked 21-year-old kid, trying to cope with the pressure of an entire city on his shoulders and the eyes of a country on him, struggles with substance issues, you call him a crackhead, a criminal, and a mess, despite all the joy he worked his ass off to give you. But when your lazy, privileged, entitled, good-for-nothing kids get hooked on OxyContin or whatever, it’s a “health care issue” and a national crisis, and we’re supposed to feel sorry for you, instead of questioning your parenting abilities. Go to hell.