how many times can he do this? he either needs to be put away for good or be in a permanent rehab.. i do have compassion for those in trouble, but this is just too much.. he really ruined himself..
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The most shocking thing about that article? I had totally forgotten about that one atrocious start he had with Houston in 2000.Comment
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Originally posted by Superstar
i havent heard his name in a couple of years.. but those two will always be linked.. really wonder what will happen on Aug 19 at Shea- when they have the 86 team reunion...Comment
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Found this article, apparently he's a "guest instructor" for the Mets. He also turned 44 on Sunday.Originally posted by SuperstarComment
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Originally posted by hulkster29
They will both be watching the runion from a jail cell.
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What a waste. He could have been as good as Roger Clemens. Matter of fact, him and Clemens both came to the majors around the same time and I always regarded Gooden as the better pitcher. Gooden was absolutely un-hittable in his early years. BUT he couldn't lay off the 'snow' and that's why Clemens is going to the Hall of Fame and Gooden to the Hall of Shame.I have more respect for a man who let's me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil. - Malcolm XComment
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What an idiot.Comment
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Gooden is the poster child for what too much success at a young age can do to you. What a waste of God gven talent.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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He wasnt a total waste. He still almost won 200 games and his 1985 season is the best of any pitcher in the past 30 years as far as Im concerned. Drugs ruined the last half of his career.Comment
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Sad story.
He can't shake the nose candy habit. He entered rehab for coke in 1987. If he didn't have any off the field problems, you might be saying he was one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball history.Comment
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Dang man. If he would only drink coke and not snort it. Jeeezz!!!CLICK ME==> NY Jets Dynasty
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The thing is, this guy had the potential to be a 300 game winner and be imortalized as one of the great pitchers of all time. His stuff was pure electricity when he was on top of his game. He never fully realized his potential and for that reason his story is one of the major tragedies in sports.Originally posted by Head CoachMember of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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Originally posted by SPTO
Yeah your right. He should have been going to cooperstown when he was done playing. Now the only place hes going is prison.Comment
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TAMPA, Fla., March 22 (AP) — Dwight Gooden, the former Mets and Yankees pitcher, admitted in court Wednesday that he had violated his probation by using cocaine. He probably faces prison time when he is sentenced next month.
Dressed in an orange jail uniform and with family members looking on, Gooden, 41, answered "yes, sir," when Judge Anthony K. Black of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court asked him if he had violated his probation. Gooden will remain in jail and faces up to five years in prison after a hearing April 5.
"We are seeking prison," the prosecutor Pam Bondi said afterward, but it has not been determined how long of a sentence her office will request.
Gooden admitted to a probation officer last week that he had used cocaine. He was serving three years' probation for speeding away from a police officer who had stopped him last year on suspicion of drunken driving.
In November, he apologized to the court when he pleaded guilty to a felony count of fleeing the police, misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and obstruction and to an unrelated charge of hitting his girlfriend.
As part of his probation, Gooden was ordered to stay away from alcohol, drugs and bars, and submit to a minimum of three random urine tests a week. He also spent several months in an inpatient treatment facility for alcohol and drug addiction.
His lawyer, Peter Hobson, declined to comment on Gooden's latest trouble.
"We're just going to prepare for the hearing in two weeks," he said. Gooden's family members also left court without commenting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/sp.../23gooden.htmlOriginally posted by CardsFan27What I'm Currently Listening ToComment
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