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TeenWeek what's a status?	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 9:31 AM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	DOC CALLS IT QUITS Friday,March 30,2001 By GEORGE KING TAMPA - That's all, Doc. The checkered career of Dwight "Doc" Gooden, one of the biggest names in New York's storied sports history, is over, The Post has learned. According to a well-placed source, Gooden will announce his retirement today at Legends Field and walk into baseball's sunset with 194 wins across a career that was known for brilliant pitching and drug abuse. Gooden's retirement saves the Yankees from releasing the 36-year-old chucker who was about to lose his bullpen spot to Darrell Einertson. While GM Brian Cashman and Joe Torre said yesterday a decision on Gooden wouldn't be finalized until today, a strong sign that Gooden didn't figure in their plans surfaced in the afternoon. That's when Todd Williams, Brian Boehringer and Einertson went for MRIs to make sure their bodies were sound. The tests were done because the trio of right-handers have made the team. Gooden, who has been bothered by a minor problem in his left knee, wasn't stuffed into an MRI tube. "Mel's been poker-facing me," Gooden said of pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre when asked what the club had in mind. "We'll have to wait and see." When camp opened, many believed Gooden had a strong chance of making the club because of his solid relationship with George Steinbrenner, who rescued Gooden from the scrap heap last summer after Gooden was released from the pitching-poor Devil Rays, who suggested he retire. A notorious bad spring training pitcher, Gooden only looked good once in his six outings. Gooden was 0-1 with a 7.90 ERA and gave up 19 hits in 132/3 innings. "We are talking," Torre said when asked about Gooden's chances. "I said if all things were equal, he would have the advantage. Is everything equal? We will see." It wasn't. Ironically, Sid Fernandez, a Mets teammate of Gooden's, will be sent to Columbus (Triple-A) by the Yankees today. The Yankees hope Fernandez, 38, can build arm strength and be available to help them at some point this season after not pitching for three years. Triple-A was an option for Gooden, but he isn't interested. So, too, was working in the extended spring program, but he nixed that. Late last year Gooden hinted at retirement, and it's believed that Steinbrenner will have a job within the organization for Gooden if he wants it. Gooden, who was fourth on the list of active pitchers with 194 wins (Roger Clemens leads with 260), decided on one more year after being part of the Yankees' World Series victory over the Mets. Gooden rewarded the Boss' confidence in him by beating the Mets at Shea Stadium on July 8 in his first start and posted a 4-2 record and a 3.36 ERA in 18 games (five starts). Gooden was a member of the Yankees' post-season roster, appearing in one game in the ALDS, one in the ALCS but not getting into the World Series against the Mets. Of course, it was the Mets with whom Gooden gained attention as a gas-throwing 19-year-old rookie in 1984 when he went 17-9 with a 2.60 ERA and was named the NL's Rookie of the Year. In 218 innings, Gooden whiffed a league-leading 276 batters and earned he nickname, Dr. K. Gooden became the youngest player to win the Cy Young Award the next year, posting a brilliant 24-4 mark to go along with a 1.53 ERA and led the league in Ks. Gooden's problems with drugs surfaced after he helped pitch the Mets to the 1986 World Series title. He began the 1987 season in Smithers Institute, a Manhattan drug rehab. Gooden went 15-7 that year, 18-9 in 1988 and 19-7 in 1990. Shoulder problems and drug use caused Gooden to go 38-39 over the next four seasons until he was suspended on June 28, 1994, for the rest of the strike-shortened season for using cocaine. On Nov. 4, 1994, Gooden was suspended for the 1995 season after failing a drug test. Steinbrenner signed Gooden for the 1996 season and Gooden made the Boss look good by throwing the only no-hitter of his career against the Mariners on May 14. After going 11-7, Gooden wasn't part of the post-season roster due to a tired shoulder. Gooden left the Yankees after the 1997 season and spent the next two years with the Indians, going 11-10. Signed by Houston as a free agent before the beginning of last year, Gooden was dealt to his hometown Devil Rays and released on May 25 and signed by the Yankees on June 11. Teens, making the world a better place to live in.
That Guy	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 9:50 AM
Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00	Got to give the Doc his props. When the Yankees needed him last season he stepped up big. That is how I want to remember him. I hope there is a place for him in the Yankee org. "Cry havoc...and let slip the dogs of war!"
Froy King Shit *board owner*	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 1:27 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01	I'd like to remember him for screwing over the Mets... It's sad to think that he could have been the greatest pitcher ever had he not been such a fuck-up ~Matt/Froy from Jersey Official Protector of Gay Marco & SwampJunk...if he ever decides to post.
TeenWeek what's a status?	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 1:38 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	Froy, at least he got his life back in order unlike a real dirtbag like Darryl Strawberry. Teens, making the world a better place to live in.
HaroldOfTheRocks	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 2:32 PM
Hanger-On Registered: Feb. 01	Would have liked to see him get the 6 more wins he needed to reach 200 before he retired, but he would have had trouble doing that considering the fact that if he made the team he would have most likely been a middle reliever
jewdown	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 5:48 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01	At least he knows when he's done. David Cone could learn something here. No! Not how to hit a crack pipe.
Froy King Shit *board owner*	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 5:54 PM
O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01	I'm telling you, if they moved Cone to the bullpen it would save his career ~Matt/Froy from Jersey Official Protector of Gay Marco & SwampJunk...if he ever decides to post.
Austin 3:16 The Dark Enforcer/Angry Stoned Pimp G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. New World Order Secret Police Chief Proud Inventor of the "Cream Cheese, Peanut Butter and Jelly" sandwich	posted on 03-30-2001 @ 6:39 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01	Doc would have gotton far beyond 200 wins if he didn't get hooked on drugs,shame... I think that at one point it is you're time in the barrel and I think that my time is coming soon too.

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