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Too much of a good thing
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Darryl Strawberry, Doc Gooden: High Price of Hard Living - Sports Illustrated Vault
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19-year-old phenom Dwight Gooden makes his debut for the New York Mets - This Day In Baseball
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56 of the month: Hank Bauer
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The top 50 most-hyped draft prospects of all time, ranked: Where does Victor Wembanyama land?
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Wrong White
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Summer of Doc: Just 20, pitching prodigy Dwight Gooden delivered a season for the ages
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Cardboard appreciation: 1989 Topps Tim er, Rock Raines
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Darryl Strawberry, Doc Gooden: High Price of Hard Living - Sports Illustrated Vault
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Summer of Doc: Just 20, pitching prodigy Dwight Gooden delivered a season for the ages
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When baseball players were also firemen
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Dwight Gooden and the Top 15 Starting Pitchers in New York Mets History, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Tom Verducci: Will steroid users one day find redemption like Doc and Darryl? - Sports Illustrated