Kids, as I keep telling you – you have no idea how good Gooden was…but former Cub Shawon Dunston does:
“Dwight had two pitches — no, three pitches,” said Dunston, now a special assistant with the Giants. “He had a fastball, he had a curveball that fell off the table and he had a fast fastball. You had no chance against that fastball. I always talk about Dwight Gooden with young pitchers who are just coming up, even Tim Lincecum. I tell them, ‘You’ve got nothing on Dwight Gooden.’ I’d put the first three years of his career against anyone’s.
Mark Simon spoke with several players about Gooden. Â A must read.
Check out the very cool full piece on ESPN New York