Comments on: The Tragedy That Is Dwight Gooden http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html Tue, 21 May 2013 15:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Metsie http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-373788 Metsie Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:57:01 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-373788 Yes but it wasn’t the place to be until the 80′s rolled around.

]]> By: Valdespin1 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-373774 Valdespin1 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:39:36 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-373774 I think studio 54 was opened in ’77

]]> By: TC http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-373728 TC Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:41:07 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-373728 Get a real job, delcos.

]]> By: jdon http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372901 jdon Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:45:02 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372901 Speak for yourself. Drunken drug-abuse never “enthralled” me. I liked them because they won. I first suspected something was wrong with Gooden during the playoffs against LA. Watching him sweat like a pig on a cold cold night before he gave up the Sciosia shot. He has had far too many chances in my book. Another example of the press thinking someone was a great guy when really he was not.

]]> By: Metsie http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372853 Metsie Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:03:13 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372853 Sometimes when your that young and that successful…the success is too much for the kid to handle!

Child Actors have the same issues, Many TV stars who had great success early in thier career also spiral into the abyss because they can’t handle the stress of the success or deal with the adversity when it finally arrives.

the 80′s screwed up a LOT of people not just Gooden and Strawberry!
How they wound up was indicative of everything the 80′s were about!
Studio54 was invented in the 80′s remember!
Coke was the drug of choice, debauchery was the order of the day, Free sex was rampant and no one figured out just how bad it was until the party was over in the 90′s and everyone was in Jail or Rehab!

]]> By: Alan from AZ http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372828 Alan from AZ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:37:21 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372828 The toughest thing to swallow for me in regards to Dwight was that he was so good, so overpowering that I actually felt he would have surpassed Tom Seaver as the greatest pitcher in Mets history. He stuff was so overpowering that he looked like a right handed version of Sandy Koufax. The Mets front office and ownership should have found a way to protect both Daryll and Doc from their eventual demons. They tried by trading off Kevin Mitchell who was not a good influence for them in “off the field” matters. The trade worked out for the team as Kevin McReynolds played very well for us….but alas Dwight and Daryll let their fame get the better of them and fell victims to booze and drugs!

]]> By: Metsie http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372625 Metsie Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:09:21 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372625 Much faster Joe….
I always thought it was the ads that slowed things down because they came off other slower servers…

But a tightening of code will always help!

]]> By: Valdespin1 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372582 Valdespin1 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:47:57 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372582 Let us keep this in context.

An allegation by a bitter ex in the middle of a divorce proceeding.

Is it true. Or not. He said she said.

]]> By: Joe D http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372565 Joe D Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:56:04 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372565 Thanks for the feedback!

]]> By: CThomp519 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372564 CThomp519 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:54:28 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372564 Wow, that was fast! Simply Amazin’!

]]> By: CThomp519 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372562 CThomp519 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:53:50 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372562 Read set go!

]]> By: Joe D http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372560 Joe D Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:46:34 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372560 Off Topic – This site should be loading 200% or more faster tonight after we completed some re-coding and added some new enhancements geared toward doubling the speed of our page loads. I’m curious if anyone can tell the difference in speed or posting comments now from a day ago?

Just did some bench-marking and our main page, which has the heaviest weight, loads in 2.3 seconds as compared to 5.9 for the last 3-4 months.

Comments in less than 3 seconds…

I do it all for YOU!

:-)

]]> By: DMets3 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372545 DMets3 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:50:26 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372545 Another sad chapter in Gooden’s life. He had a hall of fame career until drugs, alcohol and domestic issues derailed his once promising career. Help is always there for him but its been a struggle for the doctor.

]]> By: RandomGuy http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372537 RandomGuy Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:27:45 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372537 Wait, after wally backman went off with the bats and baseballs, they plays “Why Can’t We Be Friends” on the loud speaker. That is awesome.

If I do say so myself, anyone wishing he went Jimmy Dugan on that guy (league of their own movie) and ask him if “Did I ever tell you you look like a ***** with a little hat on?” haha that woulda been classic. (ill take Wit over f-bombs all day)

]]> By: srt http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372525 srt Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:13:06 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372525 Sorry to be reading this. Addictions such as this are a terrible disease that one can never fully recover from.
It takes guts and the will to overcome to live with it day in and day out.

Here’s hoping Gooden finally gets the help he needs to turn his life around.

The most dominant and exciting young Met pitcher I ever had the pleasure to watch pitch for a few short years in the 80s. I thought in those days there was no way he would not have a HOF career. Was not to be, sadly.

]]> By: srt http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372520 srt Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:05:31 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372520 People say a lot of things in anger they don’t really mean. I don’t now if that was the case here, but stupid statements are uttered time and again in anger. It’s not an excuse for having no self control when angry but threats are not always carried out.

The DUI is infinitely worse. Driving while under the influence puts yourself and everyone else out on the road with you in immediate danger. It’s only by the grace of God or karma or luck that you don’t kill yourself and take others with you in that circumstance.

]]> By: Russell Zanca http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372516 Russell Zanca Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:59:14 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372516 He once pitched a two-hitter that he didn’t remember pitching!!!

]]> By: Old School Mets Fan http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372510 Old School Mets Fan Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:46:39 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372510 He had 100 wins by the age of 24 and 150 by the age of 28, even with all the drugs. A once in a generation talent and I have more pity than revulsion for him. 24-4, 1.55 ERA in ’85 and he was slated to go in game 162 if they had not been eliminated the day before.

]]> By: Mets Mayhem http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372497 Mets Mayhem Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:24:02 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372497 To better understand what Gooden and Strawberry have done with their lives and the lives of those around them, read the book, “High and Tight” by author Bob Klapisch. It’s not pretty and both can legitimately be reviled or pitied, depending on your personal views.

Alternatively, go to this link to take another view:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sbbw0921.htm

]]> By: Hitman http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/the-tragedy-that-is-dwight-gooden.html#comment-372494 Hitman Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:17:47 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=109810#comment-372494 “All bets are off” on that, I guess.

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