Dwight Gooden

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• Doc Gooden: Watching Matt Harvey brings back memories

  exposure that Matt Harvey is experiencing right now has been keeping an eye on the young star. And he's become a quick fan.Dwight Gooden, appearing at the annual BTIG Commissions for Charity Day, said he has enjoyed watching Harvey in his nascent career. And   Read more »

• Matt Harvey's WAR puts him on pace to join some elite company

  WAR for a pitcher, 12.1, in 1972 when he went 27-10 with a 1.97 ERA for the Phillies.The Mets have two pitchers on the list: Dwight Gooden and, perhaps not coincidentally, Tom Seaver, the pitcher with whom Harvey is most often compared.Seaver's WAR was 9.8   Read more »

• Matt Harvey takes command, shrugs off pressure and Stephen Strasburg

  Field .The loaded Nationals in town, Stephen Strasburg opposing him, and for those requiring some historical perspective, Dwight Gooden sitting in the front row. Harvey 's reaction? What else ya got?As pressure situations go, this was about as much as Harvey   Read more »

Around the web

• On SI.com: From SI's May 20, 2013 issue

  For a team that has featured Jerry Koosman, Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden, the Mets have a new young ace and he just might be better than all of them. Matt Harvey has dominated the National League to start the season, and he could be well on his way to be   from Sports Illustrated Read more »

• Dwight Gooden book details cocaine, alcohol abuse

  Former New York Mets ace Dwight Gooden’s soon-to-be-released book already is creating a buzz because it details his cocaine and alcohol binge the night the team won the 1986 World Series. In “Doc: A Memoir,” Gooden writes that he called his father after   from Sporting News Read more »

• A Day Later, Everyone Still Talks About Harvey

  Matt Harvey’s starts these days always seem to overshadow whatever the Mets do. After Tuesday’s nine-inning, one-hit start, Harvey is now overshadowing the team on the days when he does not start. On Wednesday, Harvey was still the topic of conversation.   from The New York Times Read more »

• Dose of Darvish: Inside the numbers

  May, 8, 2013 May 8 2:04 PM CT By Todd Wills | ESPNDallas.com Yu Darvish has taken us to a place this season where it's impossible not to get caught up in the numbers. Fortunately for stat heads, the fine folks at the ESPN Stats & Info Group and their fri   from ESPN Read more »

• Will Matt Harvey's 2013 Season Supplant Doc Gooden in 1985 as Mets' Best Ever?

  Matt Harvey's early career dominance hasn't just captivated baseball, it's ignited a fanbase more than any pitcher has since the early days of Dwight Gooden at Shea Stadium. Shea is gone, Gooden is a spectator and the jury is still out on how great Matt   from Bleacher Report Read more »