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Baseball Brunch: Upon Further Review ...

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.When Willy Aybar's home run Thursday in Cleveland was upheld by a video review, it marked the sixth time in six days umpires made use of baseball's instant-replay rule.So the natural question to ask Jimmie Lee Solomon, Major League Baseball's executive...

Mets Relent on Gooden Autograph

As the red-headed stepchild of New York baseball -- at least, that's how they seem to feel -- the Mets have often been too sensitive to public opinion.This time, though, the voices on sports talk radio, usually best ignored, seems to have caused the Mets to get it right.They have decided to preserve Dwight Gooden's...

Doc's Autograph a Prescription for Mets Controversy

Citi Field is everything that Shea Stadium wasn't: new, comfortable, well-outfitted, clean.And the Mets are apparently obsessing about the clean part.So when Dwight Gooden, who electrified Mets fans like no one else in the team's history, decided to christen the new park by autographing it, the team was not amused.Someone...

Darryl Strawberry Says Mets Loved Their Cocaine and Their Women

It seems that this week baseball has decided to play a game of "I can shock you more" with the media. First there was the news of Alex Rodriguez's positive steroid test, which, admittedly, wasn't all that shocking. Then earlier this morning we got to find out about Roberto Alomar's ex-girlfriend suing him for allegedly...

David Justice, Doc Gooden Deny Kirk Radomski's Allegations

In order to drum up publicity for his soon-to-be released book, Kirk Radomski offered a juicy sneak preview of what readers can expect while appearing on ESPN's Outside the Lines last weekend.And what better way to get the attention of the biggest newspapers in New York than to lob accusations at former Mets and Yankees?...

DwightGooden News From the Web

05/23/12 Has Limiting Innings Now Gone Too Far? Source: Baseball America Given the modern approaches to pitching, Dwight Gooden's 1983 season at high Class A Lynchburg will never again be equaled.
05/17/12 200 Events That Defined, Shaped and Changed Major... Source: 1010 Wins Young wins four games in 1911 to bring his total for 511.
05/16/12 The 1986 New York Mets Source: MetaFilter How good was Darryl Strawberry at his peak?
05/14/12 Bats: Gooden and Staub to Judge on Return of Mets'... Source: The New York Times - New York NY One of my fondest memories of Shea Stadium was attending banner day in 1984.
05/13/12 Dr K. to judge Banner Day at Citi Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Dwight Gooden, who tweeted that he wanted to be a judge back when the Mets announced they were reviving Banner Day, is getting his wish.