Post Tagged with: "Doc Gooden"

Trout, Jeter Lead The Way As TOPPS ‘Project 2020’ Surpasses 232,000 Cards Sold

Trout, Jeter Lead The Way As TOPPS ‘Project 2020’ Surpasses 232,000 Cards Sold

News From TOPPS As 20 commissioned popular artists across the world continue to re-imagine 20 iconic cards from the past 70 years in the Topps Company’s “Project 2020,” the first numbers are in, and with three Mike Trout cards and three of Derek […]

by · May 12, 2020 · Sports
FLUSHING, NY - 1984: Dwight "Doc" Gooden #16 of the New York Mets pitches during a 1984 season game at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Sad To Know “Doc” Is Still Fighting A Battle

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Sad To Know Doc Is Still Fighting A Battle In this business of sports journalism you can take things to the heart. And from this perspective the news about Dwight Gooden arrested last month for […]

by · July 12, 2019 · Sports
Negron: The Passing Of Mel

Negron: The Passing Of Mel

By Ray Negron Like everyone else in the baseball community I was saddened by the terrible news of Yankee pitching great and outstanding pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre’s passing. I first met Mel in 1973 during my first season as a […]

by · January 15, 2019 · Sports
Mets Jay Horwitz The PR Guru

Mets Jay Horwitz The PR Guru

By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor The longtime Mets publicity guru Jay Horwitz had a press conference Wednesday afternoon and it was about himself. But the Vice President of Media Relations who has been with the organization since April 1, 1980 […]

by · September 12, 2018 · Sports
Negron: Batboy Tales Continued

Negron: Batboy Tales Continued

By Ray Negron Hal’s Pride In Team I was walking through the hallway of the George M Steinbrenner offices in Tampa.  I ran into John Sabaen, the long time special assistant to the Steinbrenner family. I asked John how Hal […]

by · May 5, 2018 · Sports
Prescription for J.R. East: Doc Gooden

Prescription for J.R. East: Doc Gooden

By Ray Negron If you are a true baseball fan and you hear someone ask, “Is there a doctor in the house?” Then you know they are talking about Dwight “Doc” Gooden. In New York, he was referred to as […]

by · February 20, 2018 · Sports
Former Mets and Yankees star, Dwight "doc" Gooden talked about pitching at the TM Baseball Academy in the Bronx. 
Photo credit: Gary Quintal

Doc Gooden Visits TM Baseball Academy

By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor For the second time in a week, Dwight “Doc” Gooden, the Cy Young Award winning pitcher who threw heat on the mound for the New York Mets and Yankees visited the Bronx. Last week, Gooden helped […]

by · December 29, 2016 · Sports