The INSANE Prime of Dwight "Doc" Gooden

He was the reason I became a Mets fan back when in 1985. Been with the Mets since through all the bad seasons. He is getting his jersey retired on April 14th wish I could be there.

At his apex he was as good as any pitcher that ever lived

Doc was unbelievably dominant in his prime. I grew up a Mets fan in the 80s and watched almost every game he pitched. If you didnt watch him you wouldnt believe how good he was.

In 1985 I was sure Gooden was going to win 400 games in his career.

Doc was so good. I didn't know Gary Sheffield was his nephew, they are only four years apart! Learn something new everyday, I suppose. Don't know if he's too old to cover, but Johnny Mize would be a good one to cover.

Doc & Darryl are such fascinating stories. Glad to hear that they've turned things around in the past decade, and I hope that they can stay sober till the end.

Finally got around to watching. Well worth the wait. Gooden represents the promise of what "could've been" as he himself acknowledged. Some sources credit him with that 2000 championship. Others don't. Black, white, it doesn't matter. Addiction is still addiction and he has tried to fight it everyday. The best line attributed to him goes like this, "19-21; greatest pitcher in the World. 21-23; above average. 23 on...just another guy" which is bad because he was certainly a great pitcher. Again, thank you for this. Go O's!

People have no idea how good he was. Before age 25, Gooden was already 100-39 with 1067 strikeouts. He had already won Rookie of the Year, a Cy Young, was a four time All-Star and a World Series champion

His curve was humiliating! So many jelly legs and flat out crash landings.

If during the 1986 World Series anyone would have said that Gooden and Clemens weren't going to the Hall of Fame, I would have said that they were nuts❗ 😲

His most impressive feat may have been his no-hitter with the Yankees, he was electric and untouchable in his early years with the Mets, but I've always been impressed by older pitchers that can use their brain to dominate even after their velocity has dropped.

I've commented this before on a baseball video, not sure if it was on this channel, but my favorite band (The Mountain Goats) actually have a song about Doc Gooden called, well, "Doc Gooden". It focuses on his no-hitter with the Yankees, and just generally captures the feeling of watching an aging veteran who's nearing the end of the line but still has a few good tricks left up his sleeve.

Gooden should be in the Hall IMO, his prime was so dominant and long enough and he put up enough counting stats to deserve induction.

Great memories of the Doc, and another great choice as well as nicely done. My father took me to a Mets game at Shea in 1987, when they were champs the previous year. One thing about that 1987 year, Gooden was suspended for the first couple of months and the Mets finished in 2nd place with three games back. Had he been able to play in the beginning of the season, the Mets probably win the division and Doc most likely wins the CY Young award, as it went to closer that season. There is the "what if" with Doc Gooden. He probably had the best start you could possibly have as a pitcher considering his age.

I still love my 1984 Fleer Update set with Doc Gooden, and my regular 1984 Fleer with Strawberry. Those were 2 of my favorite sets as a child and I was able to recently acquire both of them.

This is one of your best videos yet, keep up the great work!

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Gooden, so dominant. I remember his Topps '85 card. I was glad he was able to bounce back to pitch well in the mid 90s for Cleveland and NYY.

First time on this channel; this is a very good video about one of my favorite pitchers, the great Doc Gooden. I'm now subscribed 🍻🍻

Awesome video as usual Cam! Great stuff! Still hoping you'll do a Timmy Lincecum video! Keep up the good work!