Dwight "Doc" Gooden on Darryl Strawberry Ratting Him Out About Drug Usage (Part 9)
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Published 2024-07-02
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Former MLB star Dwight "Doc" Gooden reflected on a tumultuous period in his career, marked by drug usage and complex team dynamics. By 1987, the Mets administered a drug test. Unaware of his rights, Gooden complied and the test returned positive. Faced with suspension, Gooden opted for rehab, acknowledging the heartbreak it caused his family. Tensions further escalated when Gooden felt that teammate Darryl Strawberry had indirectly exposed his drug use. Allegedly, Ray Knight relayed to Gooden that Strawberry had implied his involvement in drug activities. Gooden, who admitted to partying alongside some teammates including Strawberry, felt betrayed. Post-rehab, Gooden's professional life saw contract disputes and friction with the Mets. Despite missing two months, he still secured 15 wins in 1987, only to face a salary cut. After contemplating free agency, he eventually accepted a lucrative $15 million deal, ensuring financial stability and moving his family to a peaceful neighborhood.
All Comments (21)
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These young kids have no idea how dominant Doc Gooden was in the early stages of his career.
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Lol..."That's a damn shame man"...Sums up Gooden and Strawberry perfectly.
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Doc a good sport! To able to talk about your past drug habit, takes a lot!
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“Yea we were doing em together 😄” 😂😂😂
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Business is business. They shouldn’t have cut Doc’s pay.
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Dwight is not telling the whole story. There had been rumors of him using drugs all of ‘86. Dwight was the one who insisted a drug testing clause be added to his contract in Spring of ‘87 (I guess to dispel the rumors he knew were true). I don’t think Doc knew the Mets would hand him a pee cup right then and there tho. 🤭
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15 million adjusted for inflation is like 50 million probably today
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Darryl told that story a little bit differently on the Darryl and Doc 30-for-30. Darryl claims he told Ray Knight "It isn't me", and by default Ray knew it was Doc because there were only 2 Black "Young Superstars on that team"..... Darryl told his version to Doc on camera sitting in he diner. Why Doc believes Ray Knight over Darryl needs to be explained
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Dang Darry Strawbery of all people snitched on doc smh lol
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Same old Doc! Always a good bro. For the record, the Mets were party animals. Almost the whole roster. Doc and Darryl took the heat for the team but most of those guys were a mess!😂
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Dwight like Vida Blue could've have well over 300 wins and Strawberry 500 hrs. What could've been
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When I was a little kid. I collected baseball cards I remember fam near memorizing his card/stats. Doc was one of the good ones back then
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sounds like darryl was the plug lolol
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Respect that doc has for darryl is still very heart warming to listen to doc talk highly of darryl.respect
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man i was hurt when Straw left too. still a Mets fan but promptly bought a Strawberry Dodgers shirt 😂
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I don’t care 🤷🏾♂️ how much is past effects his current presentation. Doc is obviously intelligent and his story is extraordinary!
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strawberry stayed putting in work when gooden pitched usually hit a homerun in first inning give doc a lil lead
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Whew, young black kids don’t care about baseball these days because of rap but DAMN they don’t and can’t understand how FIRE and COLD BLOODED this dude was. Dude was surgical ✍🏽
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0:20: One of the other players that Vlad is referring to was Ray Knight. Peter Ueberroth, who was at the time, the commissioner of Major League Baseball informed Knight that one of the Mets' young black stars had a drug problem, but didn't specifically say who. When Knight confronted Darryl Strawberry about what Ueberroth told him and asked Strawberry if he was the player who had the drug problem, Strawberry immediately said "It's not me, it's Doc!"
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That story Doc told about his parents hardly exists anymore in the race. And that's the hard cold truth no one will ever say.
