Doc: A Memoir (Unabridged)
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4.8 • 11 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
A brutally honest memoir of talent, addiction, and recovery from one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time. As a shy 19-year-old, Dwight Gooden swept into New York, lifting a team of crazy characters to World Series greatness and giving a beleaguered city a reason to believe. Then he threw it all away.
Now, with fresh and sober eyes, the Mets’ beloved Dr. K shares the intimate details of his life and career, revealing all the extraordinary highs and lows: The hidden traumas in his close-knit Tampa family. The thrill and pressure of being a young baseball phenom in New York. The raucous days and nights with the Mets’ bad boys (and the real reason he missed the 1986 World Series victory parade). The self-destructive drug binges and the three World Series rings. His heartbreaking attempts at getting sober, the senseless damage to family and friends, and the unexpected way he finally saved his life - on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. In Doc, Gooden details his close friendships with many of baseball’s greats: Pete Rose, George Steinbrenner, Joe Torre, and nephew Gary Sheffield. For the first time ever, he reveals the full story of his troubled relationship with fellow Mets superstar Darryl Strawberry. And he tells the moving story of the Yankees no-hitter he pitched for his dying father. Doc is a riveting baseball memoir by one of the game’s most fascinating figures and an inspiring story for anyone who has faced tough challenges in life.
Customer Reviews
Amazing Insight into an Amazing Person
This book is an easy read. I highly recommend this to any baseball fan, but also any fan of authentic human nature, painted by someone at peace with themselves and their past.
I have this on audiobook but also the hard cover. I originally got it for a friend but ended up keeping it after reading the first chapter. It read to me like amazing insight into the world of addiction & fame, and when that perfect storm comes along; when one who’s natural talent could not be matched yet their struggles with addiction takes precedent over everything. This book tells Doc’s realities from just a boy to his final pitch with the Yanks, and the ease & access attached to the world of money and fame that Rookie of the Year & a Cy Young will get you no matter who you are... It sheds light on how long a life built on lies and deceit can be lived when you have the resources to do so. Being someone who’s in recovery, I again believe this book is told by someone who’s at peace where he is, and tomorrow’s a another story but just for today, Doc is still standing and willing to share his story, a story that couldn’t be dreamt up... Read it for yourself.
from a Cubs fan...
I loved this book. I'm really rooting for Gooden to win at life. What a great talent. What a wonderful book. Only inaccuracy is that he said he met Pete Rose in 1984 before his first game against the Reds. Only problem is he was on the Expos at that time.