Word: gooden
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Americans, too, have also grown impatient with the use of drugs not only in Olympic competition but in professional sports. It was only recently that Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants admitted he was addicted to cocaine, that over a year ago the New York Mets' Dwight Gooden entered rehabilitation for a drug problem, that Brian Bosworth was ineligible to play for Oklahoma in the 1987 Orange Bowl because he tested positive for steroids. Even entire teams, the Pheonix Suns, for example, have been the subject of drug-related investigations...
...know that any player who becomes a star will soon be promoted to a higher league. "We can't really highlight a player," says Bill Terlecky, general manager of the Maine Phillies, "because we might lose him." One consolation: many minor-league buffs can boast of having seen Dwight Gooden and other superstars play when they were fresh out of high school...
...players, drinking after the game is like chewing and scratching during it: it's baseball. "A couple of beers," Mets Pitcher Dwight Gooden shrugged shortly after he left a drug center last year. "I know the people at Smithers tell you to stay away from everything -- beer, whiskey, chewing tobacco, everything. But beer's not a problem with me." The Padres, Dodgers, Pirates, Angels and White Sox have yanked all the alcohol out of the clubhouse. Padres Reliever Goose Gossage reacted like Hagy and is now with the Cubs. "Poor Babe Ruth," Gossage grumbled. "He couldn't play today." Sure...
...left the division, the Mets started checking to see if their set of keys fit the NL East's lock. With the strongest starting staff in the division, the Mets will have no problems humming the seams. Darryl Strawberry and Co. should keep the offense gunning. Dwight ("Dr. K") Gooden (15-7) won't be taking the early season off this year. Best player: Strawberry...
...more Ks can fit the K corner. Doc Gooden has done it, striking out 24 batters in a single game...