The Doctor Debuts

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Dwight Gooden's Mets debut, 1984, at the Astrodome. Full broadcast. Kiner, McCarver and Zabriskie. Blue road unis. It's all there.

[Edgy MD]

Sweatin' like a maniac.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I watched this whole broadcast at home as it happened. I was never so jazzed about the start of a season as I was in '84. For a few months I kept up cumulative stats on a pad on my desk, was completely gay for Strawberry, Darling and Terrell.



PS-- Dickie Thon was beaned by Torrez in this same series, I believe the next day