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40 Years Later: How 60 Minutes Captured the Rise of Dwight Gooden

40 Years Later: How 60 Minutes Captured the Rise of Dwight Gooden

40 Years Later: How 60 Minutes Captured the Rise of Dwight Gooden

If you want to understand just how big Dwight Gooden was in 1985 how he went from Tampa teenager to the most unhittable pitcher on planet Earth you don’t have to watch a highlight reel, or read a stat sheet, or listen to your Mets-fan uncle explain that he “hasn’t been the same since Doc left.” All you have to do is go back to Sunday, August 18, 1985, when one of the most powerful institutions in American journalism, 60 Minutes, showed up and said: Yep. This kid belongs her

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