Check out this nice two minute video from the New York Mets which includes words from Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden and Jerry Manuel dedicated to Black History Month. Click here to watch.
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Link: Mets salute Black History Month 2010
Friday, February 5th, 2010Cerrone Interviews Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010In the video below, Matt Cerrone of Metsblog interviews Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. They discuss role models, their time with the Mets and being inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame. Gooden and Strawberry are probably my two favorite Mets of all-time so it’s good to see them back in Blue and Orange.
A Few Thoughts On Greinke’s Cy Young Season
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
(AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
When I first heard today that Zack Greinke won the AL Cy Young Award my immediate thought as a selfish Mets fan was, “when was the last time a Met won the NL Cy Young?”. The answer: Dwight Gooden in 1985. As a matter of fact, the Mets have only won the NL Cy Young Award four times in their teams history….reference here. After I got over the dissappointment, I turned my attention to analyzing Greinke’s season.
There is no doubt Greinke had a great year and defanitely deserves the award but I couldn’t help but notice the horrible season his team had. The Royals finished 65-97 and only three teams in baseball had a worse record. With that said, I did a little research to see when was the last time a pitcher won the AL Cy Young Award for a team that finished with less than 70 wins. You have to go back to 1994 when David Cone won the Cy Young, for guess who…those Kansas City Royals. The Royals finished 64-51 in 1994, but that was a strike season. Before that it was Rollie Fingers in 1981 for the then AL Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers were 62-47 but again that was a strike season as well.
In looking back over the history of the AL Cy Young Award, I could not find one guy who won the award that played for a team with less than 70 wins in a full season of baseball. And according to FOX Sports, the only player in MLB history (AL or NL) that won the award pitching for a worse team was Steve Carlton who’s Phillies went 59-97 when he won the award in 1972.
So again, hat tip to Greinke. Not only did he dominate by winning 16 games with a 2.16 ERA but he also did it for one of the worst teams in baseball.
Mets News: Backman, Rookie of The Year and Spring Training
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009In the video post below I answer the question of who was the last New York Met to win Rookie of the Year, plus a few words on Wally Backman and more…
Links To Stories Mentioned In The Video Above:
MLB.com: Coghlan is named NL’s top rookie
Wikipedia: Major League Baseball Rookie of The Year Award
Metstoday.com: Wally May Be Back, Man
Metsblog.com: News: Mets announce Spring Schedule
Mets News: Dwight Gooden named VP of the Newark Bears
Friday, September 11th, 2009According to NJ.com, Dwight Gooden has been named the VP of the Newark Bears. In the video below, Gooden talks about joining the Newark Bears and launching a kids’ baseball academy.
| Dwight Gooden is named the vice president of the Newark Bears |
The original story can be found over at NJ.com
Doc Gooden Q & A
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Last week, in a post I mentioned that Dwight Gooden would be appearing at Modell’s Times Square location (West 42nd Street & 7th Avenue) to promote the Mo’s Zone & Modell’s Clubhouse at Citi Field. During Gooden’s visit a number of Mets Bloggers had the opportunity to send in a couple questions for Doc. I was fortunate enough to get one of my questions in (my question is about the 5th one). See Video Below (Hit The HQ Button For Better Quality):
Another question I asked that didn’t make it in the final video cut:
Q. OnTheBlack.com - Will you be a regular at Citi Field now that your nephew is on the team?
A. Doc Gooden - Yeah, you’ll see me a lot, and it’s great to be back, and the comradery with the fans, and sharing baseball memories with them as well, I’ll enjoy that.
Most of the bloggers were not on hand at the event but Brooklyn Mets Fan was there and you can check out their post and more here.
