I remember watching a profile of Gooden on '60 Minutes', sometime during the 1980's when he was and up & coming NY Met. His mom was trying so hard to keep him out of trouble.
Like Daryl Strawberry (to whome he was compared in that story) I suppose he's just one of those guys just couldn't deal with success & fame.
Even when given 2nd and 3rd chances.
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A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON
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