Mets’ John Gibbons on when he first saw Dwight Gooden’s greatness
John Gibbons still remembers the first time he witnessed Dwight Gooden speak. In the early 1980s, when Gibbons and the minor league Mets were staying at Tampa’s Edgewater Beach Hotel for spring training, an “upgraded” car with a license plate reading “DOC” was spotted. It stopped. “Who is this guy?” Gibbons, now the club’s bench […]
Mets retiring Dwight Gooden’s number ‘special’ to whole family
Gary Sheffield will be among the players playing at Citi Field on April 14, when Dwight Gooden has his No. 16 jersey retired by the Mets. Few, if any, were as close to Gooden as he was during his ups and downs on and off the field from Tampa to Queens. Sheffield is Gooden’s nephew, […]