{"id":1646,"date":"2013-08-15T16:16:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T16:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2021-08-14T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:11:00","slug":"dwight-gooden-to-appear-at-locker-room-sports-in-woodbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/dwight-gooden-to-appear-at-locker-room-sports-in-woodbridge","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Gooden to Appear at Locker Room Sports in Woodbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former MLB Pitcher Dwight &#8220;Doc&#8221; Gooden is scheduled to appear on Thursday, Aug. 22, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Locker Room Sports, located at 76 Main St. in Woodbridge, N.J to sign autographs for his fans. The cost of the autographs are $25 each and inscriptions are $10.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Gooden made his major-league debut on April 7, 1984 at the age of 19 with the New York Mets. He quickly developed a reputation with his 98 MPH fastball and sweeping curveball making him one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League during the 1980s. He received the nicknamed &#8220;Dr. K&#8221; (&#8220;K&#8221; being the standard abbreviation for strikeout), which soon became shortened to &#8220;Doc&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Gooden&#8217;s MLB career spanned from 1984 until 2000 playing for the Mets, Yankees and Indians, among other major league teams. Gooden retired at age 35 in 2001 after he was cut by the Yankees in spring training, ending his career with a record of 194\u2013112. More than half of those wins came before age 25. He was officially inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame On August 1, 2010, along with Darryl Strawberry, Frank Cashen, and Davey Johnson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch video where Dwight Gooden discusses his new autobiography, &#8220;Doc: A Memoir&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"video\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" width=\"512\" height=\"304\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/t-fsYSqmy_8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/object><\/div>\n<p>If you would like to book baseball speakers or athletes like Dwight Gooden for a speaking engagement, autograph signing, product endorsement, baseball camp, celebrity golf tournament, charity fundraiser or special event, you can request <a title=\"Dwight Gooden agent infromation\" href=\"\/speaker\/dwight-gooden.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dwight Gooden agent and speaker fees<\/a> at Sports Speakers 360. 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