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For a special, yet bittersweet treat, check out the first inning of Dwight Gooden’s major league debut vs. the Astros.
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…man, how i miss seeing that “Lord Charles”-curveball…
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wow, do not miss those ’stros unis….
That was great. I remember watching that game with my dad in the kitchen on the 13″ black and white tv. That was the first baseball game I ever watched – and you know what? I really wanted to watch the Yankees game. It took me a little bit to choose the right team in New York.
There’s nothing like the useless criticism from McCarver. I’m surprised he didnt mention Straw was playing too deep. Also, I don’t remember the Mets EVER wearing their srping training blue tops. That was odd.
They were not spring training uniforms. They were alternate Jerseys worn on the road that year . The batting practice jersey did not have the player’s name on the back.
How cool is that. Dickie Thon. That’s an unfortunate name that I haven’t heard in years. I wonder if any of the Astros had beer guts. That would look swell in those horrid stripes!
Charlie Kerfeld, anyone?
Did they really wear those Jerseys for away games? I am a bit young so wouldn’t remember it. I thought they had road greys then?
BTW Joe West is the home plate ump which is funny to me.
Yes – 83 and 84 they wore the blue tops.
2 things I noticed:
1) Ralph had it even then. at one point, he called him “Goodman”
2) All the players were so skinny in those days. They were actually built lean, like ball players were supposed to be! Even the sluggers, like Strawberry and Foster, would probably be considered scrawny compared to the average MI today!
“All the players were so skinny in those days.”
Cocaine is a bitch like that!! ;)
does anyone else wish we could bring him back to pitch in the playoffs this year? Preferably we could get a time machine, kidnap him from around July of ‘85, and bring him back….but at this point, I’d almost settle for present day Doc. His arm has rested for a few years, who knows, he can’t possibly be worse than Mota.
Some would say hes currently pitching……in Tampa Bay…..
That being said…Kazmir can’t hold Gooden’s jock…
I did a mock prediction of how Gooden’s career would have been. I took the average stats from his first 8 years which were 17-7, 69 ER, 214.3 IP, 194 K. If he put those numbers up every year for 10 years in addition to his first 8, he would have been 302-123 with a 2.90 ER in 3856.7 IP and had 3,491 K’s (10th all-time). It’s probably not accurate at all but demonstrates how much talent he had.
Damn those unis were tight. You could see Straw’s rib cage.
ralph ends with “…and one strikeout…he had 300 of them last year at lynchburg”
how freakin’ crazy is that…300 k’s in 191 innings in double-a!
What could have been. I always think of JR Richards when I think of Gooden. As I recall he went 5 for the win that day.
I forgot how big his curve wa back then. I think the stuff he ahd at the end with the Yankees overshadowd the ridculous fastball he had. I wen to almost every game he pitched at Shea in ‘85. Didn’t realize at the time just how “once in a lifetime” his talent was. Can’t think of many since who had stuff even close.
Pedro, especially if you include what is between the ears.
What a time capsule…thks DJ!
Cowboy Joe, Fitzgerald, Gardenhire, friggin Hubie Brooks! ANd we were world champs in 2 yrs…who would have seen that coming?
In thos skin tight double knits, Doc’s legs looked like stilts.
Amazing.
The next year, he went 24-4 with a 1.53 ERA, 268 strikeouts, and 16 complete games!!!!