October 2008

Gooden – Older, Wiser – Returns to Place of His Triumphs

Published on: 1st October, 2008

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Gooden - Older, Wiser - Returns to Place of His Triumphs

New York Mets vs Florida Marlins. Final regular season game at Shea Stadium. Mets lose to the Florida Marlins 4-2 in final game at Shea Stadium. Former Teamates Dwight Gooden (left) and Darryl Strawberry greet each other at midfield. Original Filename: _HS12758m9.jpg  | read this item

Dwight Gooden wasn’t going to miss saying farewell to Shea Stadium for anything in the world. Sunday he returned to Flushing for the first time since pitching for the Yankees during the 2000 season. “No matter what, I had to be back here because I hadn’t been here for a while and this was home,” [...]

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