Dwight Gooden
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"Dwight Eugene "Doc" Gooden", nicknamed ""Dr. K"", is an American retired professional baseball player. A pitcher, Gooden played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, and Tampa Bay Rays/Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1984 through 2000.

Gooden is a four-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game/MLB All-Star, and three-time World Series champion. He won the National League (NL) Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award/Rookie of the Year Award in 1984, as he led the league in strikeouts, and then won the NL Cy Young Award and a Major League Baseball Triple Crown/Triple Crown in 1985. While a member of the Yankees, Gooden threw a no-hitter in 1996.

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The beast that is always hungry, wanting more coke and laughing at my attempts to get clean and sober.

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I'm very sorry for these actions. And I thank the state for giving me the opportunity to get along with my life.

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I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all.

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If police had picked you up, we wouldn't be talking right now.

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If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

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He is an addict - period.

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This is the new me.

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I have a problem, sir, with cocaine. I had a cocaine relapse.

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