See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google You had to be around back then to believe it. Dwight “Doc” Gooden was one of those pitching prodigies that comes along ...

The Doctor has a prescription for the Mets: A staff ace. Former Mets great Dwight “Doc” Gooden recently spent time in Port St. Lucie at Mets camp talking with the pitching staff and watching some ...

During a recent edition of his “Great Game or What” podcast, legendary MLB reporter Tim Kurkjian retold a funny Roger Clemens and Doc Gooden All-Star Game story that he believes shows why pitchers ...

Netflix has announced the upcoming premiere of Doctor K: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of Dwight Gooden, a compelling new documentary that chronicles the life and career of one of baseball’s most ...

The No. 16 unveiled Sunday at Citi Field, now situated for Mets eternity next to Willie Mays (and very soon Darryl Strawberry) on the ballpark’s rafters, represents two different people. There is Dr.

It wasn’t exactly a Porsche 911 with a quadraphonic Blaupunkt, but when the Mets’ hottest prospect reported to his Class-A Carolina League team in 1983, it might as well have been a scene out of “Bull ...

(Editor’s note: During the month of February, The Athletic will highlight each member of the Black Aces, the 15 Black pitchers from either the United States or Canada to win 20 games in a Major League ...

As Dwight Gooden did a walk-through of his pending jersey retirement last week with longtime Mets PR executive Jay Horwitz, the star-crossed former Mets ace says it finally started to become real. The ...

In 1998, it looked like the 1985 Topps rookie class might go down as one of the greatest ever. Then history took a few ...

Dwight Gooden’s memorable transformation to Dr. K took place during those epic 1980s seasons at Shea Stadium, but he’ll achieve Mets’ immortality Sunday when his No. 16 is retired at Citi Field.

It was a long time coming for Gooden, arguably the greatest pitcher in Mets’ franchise history. When Gooden pitched, it was an event. Shea Stadium was his until it wasn’t. He battled his own demons, ...

The New York Mets are an organization that was built on pitching. There have been six Mets Rookie of the Year award winners in their sixty-year history, and four of those six were pitchers- Tom Seaver ...