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Shoebox Memories: Dwight Gooden’s Sought After Rookies

Every collector has at some point seen a card that they wanted, couldn’t afford, and thought to themselves, “I’m going to own that card someday.” I began collecting cards when I was five years old. It was 1986 and the middle of the junk wax era. Baseball cards were being printed at a rate that every person on Earth could be given 400 new cards every year without getting one duplicate. I stopped...

OTD 1984: Dwight Gooden’s Debut in Houston

After he set a rookie record for strikeouts, posted an ERA of 2.60, went 17-9 and completely captivated New York, it’s hard to believe that Dwight Gooden almost didn’t start the ’84 season in the majors. But Davey Johnson, the first-year Mets manager who saw Gooden up-close when the teenager helped Johnson’s Triple-A Tidewater club, insisted upon it. Smart move. Johnson...

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