1. 07-18-11 08:41 PM #1
    InTheDrink
    Drinker of the Year
    InTheDrink's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-23-09
    Posts: 23,983
    Betpoints: 527

    Doc Gooden

    Guy is on this season of Celebrity Rehab (which is always a great show btw) and his life is in shambles.

    Sad story.

    Guy could have been one of the best...CY winner at 20....CY runner up at 19....was as good as Clemens in the mid-late 80's....what a mess

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 07-18-11 09:08 PM #2
    JohnGalt2341
    46 and 2 are just ahead of me
    JohnGalt2341's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 12-31-09
    Posts: 8,764
    Betpoints: 3703

    Indeed. He seems like a good guy too. It's too bad he didn't have someone keeping him out of trouble in his younger years.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 07-18-11 09:17 PM #3
    Dirty Sanchez
    Two time SBR Academy Award winner
    Dirty Sanchez's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 03-01-10
    Posts: 16,031
    Betpoints: 26

    Guy could of been legendary....truly a sad story
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 07-18-11 09:43 PM #4
    dochall2u
    Update your status
    dochall2u's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 05-02-11
    Posts: 90
    Betpoints: 1

    Played High school baseball in Tampa[hillsborough]and you could tell then how he was going to be something special.Really is a sad story.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 07-18-11 11:55 PM #5
    boondoggle
    99.82% of forum posters are idiots
    boondoggle's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 09-29-10
    Posts: 3,014
    Betpoints: 61

    Not sad at all...

    When you are that good at something...the lows are equally low. Most people only dream of being that good and that is what makes them think it is sad...they think..if i was that good,..I would not be a crack head...lol.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 07-19-11 12:02 AM #6
    tkim8404
    tkim8404's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 01-28-10
    Posts: 622
    Betpoints: 982

    It's good to see him participate in a show like Celeb Rehab. Beating addiction is the only thing he needs to win at now.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 07-19-11 12:08 AM #7
    ttwarrior1
    ttwarrior1's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 06-23-09
    Posts: 28,301
    Betpoints: 9788

    i thought he already turned himself around
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 07-19-11 12:23 AM #8
    DustyRhodes
    DustyRhodes's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-07-11
    Posts: 406
    Betpoints: 614

    Great Show
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 07-19-11 12:29 AM #9
    ttrace35
    ttrace35's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 09-30-10
    Posts: 10,828
    Betpoints: 1782

    Strawberry ruined his life. Put him on to yayo.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 07-19-11 04:51 AM #10
    Killer_Demo
    209 Street-Tough
    Killer_Demo's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 06-15-08
    Posts: 8,409
    Betpoints: 4201

    he was great...all went down the drain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 07-19-11 05:13 AM #11
    jjgold
    jjgold's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-20-05
    Posts: 388,190
    Betpoints: 10

    He is ghetto trash and always will be

    weak loser
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 07-19-11 07:28 AM #12
    str
    Nothing's easy
    str's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 01-12-09
    Posts: 9,988
    Betpoints: 68557

    Happens all the time.

    Gifted people in a certain field but no brains or self control.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 07-19-11 08:51 AM #13
    donkdown
    donkdown's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-09-09
    Posts: 4,423
    Betpoints: 1

    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    He is ghetto trash and always will be

    weak loser

    so what is illini then?? y is he a ghetto loser and your buddy illini who does more drugs then anyone I know not a ghetto loser??
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 07-19-11 10:07 AM #14
    Otters27
    Otters27's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 07-14-07
    Posts: 30,688
    Betpoints: 422

    Used to love to watch him pitch. Had all his baseball cards.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 07-19-11 10:59 AM #15
    Brock Landers
    Forever in Debt to your Priceless Advice
    Brock Landers's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 06-30-08
    Posts: 45,360
    Betpoints: 8792

    guy has had drug problems going back 25 years
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 07-19-11 11:10 AM #16
    jjgold
    jjgold's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-20-05
    Posts: 388,190
    Betpoints: 10

    Quote Originally Posted by donkdown View Post
    so what is illini then?? y is he a ghetto loser and your buddy illini who does more drugs then anyone I know not a ghetto loser??
    Illini not a drug addict
    Illini has no rap sheet
    Illini speaks English
    Illini has class
    ILLINI A BUSINESSMAN

    Lets not compare a ghetto piece of trash like Gooden to a guy with class like Illini
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 07-19-11 12:04 PM #17
    gafl
    gafl's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-07-06
    Posts: 656
    Betpoints: 706

    Certainly not sad. Gooden had so much talent, and a lot of it he wasted. A blue collar worker would surely not be given as many chances as Gooden was to turn his life around. Do I hope he can turn his life around? Of course. Do I feel sorry for him? No.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 07-19-11 01:07 PM #18
    bobby heenan
    Update your status
    bobby heenan's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 03-20-09
    Posts: 4,120
    Betpoints: 75

    dont know why i remember this...but i was in high school at the time...i live in RI and am a lifelong sox fan....but i used to listen to WFAN quite a bit back in the day...would even fall asleep to it...i woke up in the middle of the night to a 20/20 sportsflash the night he pitched a no no with the yanks....that and the night of the olympic bombing in atl....so strange
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. 07-19-11 01:13 PM #19
    stevenash
    stevenash's Avatar Moderator
    Join Date: 01-17-11
    Posts: 62,661
    Betpoints: 32303

    Quote Originally Posted by ttrace35 View Post
    Strawberry ruined his life. Put him on to yayo.
    Half that 1986 Mets team ruined their lives.

    NYC in the mid 1980's was party central, everybody had money, Dykstra, Hernandez, Doc, Straw, four or five others were closing down every bar in Long Island and NYC on a nightly basis.

    Straw, Keith and Dykstra were making 4 trips to the bathroom an hour, and it wasn't for hummers or to pee.
    Their money was no good in the bars, everyone was buying them rounds.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Top
« Previous Thread | Players Talk | Next Thread »