NYM@HOU: First inning of Dwight Gooden's MLB debut

there's the young right-hander Dwight Gooden last year he did it all he sure did 19 and 4 at Lynchburg three hundred strikeouts won a couple of games that Tidewater I believe did he he won one game in the he won one and lost one of the playoffs and then won another one in the little World Series so that's 21 victories in the minors last year the Astros lineup the same as last night and Bill Doran set to leadoff against good good and whose parents are here watching Doran takes a ball here's a here's a fellow of as Dorn steps in Jim that you know 19 years old plus and and we're talking what we're talking about the last inning was you know how many pitches does he have he obviously by looking at his stats throws hard he's up in the 90s I assume and probably doesn't use a whole lot besides at this stage you know he's gonna go through this whole baseball season there's a tap on the right side Doran may have broken the bat and Gardenhire throws him out he will go through this season 19 he will not turn 20 until November he's a he's a young 19 19 4 months and 22 days I was trying to figure out what Nolan Ryan was when he first pitched for the Mets Nolan was 19 years old but he didn't come up I don't think the later in the season so he's older than this young man Terry Puhl the batter 1 for 4 last night the Mets have had a few nineteen-year-olds haven't they or teenagers play for them I think they've had about five I think that there have been two pitchers I think the note said that there have been two pitchers younger than then goodness to start for the Mets or to pitch for the Mets a Kenda was an everyday player last year at 19 there's a strike oh and 2 to pool and of course Kranepool is the one that first comes to mind the first one they had I always remember Kranepool I always associated with with rusty they came up about the same time both as I think 1819 year old two strikes on pool Rusty's longevity a little more than crane fools misses inside ball one strike two couldn't pitched in Lynchburg last night that was in a league and he led the Carolina League gets six shutouts in that league last year and was was pitcher of the year for the Carolina League cool takes that one edit misses outside 2 & 2 at one time last year he won 15 in a row well his record last year was what 19 and what for I believe if Lynchburg I guess if that's your record you gotta win somewhat Aurora 2 with only four losses well that sounded just like the first it sure it did and the same result this Gardenhire throws out Poole you know that's another interesting thing both of the balls I think that like you mentioned that Dorn broke his bat him on the one that he hit and the one that Poole just hit they're very hard sound and usually we call it he throws a very hard pitch that is a it's usually a fastball that sinks and you get that kind of a sound out of a bat when it's hit to the infield and a good fastball comes down Hickey thought off to a good start this year eating over 400 takes his strike was 1 for 4 last night all four hits for the Astros came in the first they're the parents they came over from Florida to watch Dwight Gooden in his big league debut on the foul tip it's Owen to first four batters in the Astro lineup had all the hits last night he is pitched in 38 minor-league games has 124 and lost nine kind of interesting look at his stats Jim at 257 PRA in the minors and he struck out three hundred forty four batters in 270 innings gets his first strikeout here the Astros down in order in the first Dwight Gooden impressive couple of ground balls on the right side and then he strikes out Dickie thon so we played an inning and we have no score the Astros in the Mets

Channel: MLB

Views: 131,222

Rating: 4.9266057 out of 5

Keywords: MLB, classic, Major League, 1984, milestone, MLB Vault, baseball, Vault, Dwight Gooden, Mets, Doc Gooden, New York Mets, Major League Baseball, Houston Astros, highlight reel, highlight, MLB debut

Id: NBri989lDjs

Length: 4min 26sec (266 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 06 2014

Reddit Comments

[u/Chelsor]

Though I don't wear them I miss stirrups.

Also sucks mom got caught diggin'.

[u/LaziestManAlive]

Apparently Gooden's 1985 season at 12.2 WAR is the single highest WAR for a pitcher in one season since the end of the dead ball era. For some perspective, Kershaw won the Cy Young last year and posted a 7.8 WAR.

[u/amichael15]

That first curveball he threw even had me fooled and off balance.

[u/Fargoleafy]

Those Astro uniforms are so amazing. Does Houston have retro nights and wear the old unis like some other teams?