On the day they retired Dwight Gooden’s number 16, the Mets found themselves in a scoreless tie with the Royals in the eighth inning before scoring a pair and locking down a 2-1 win.
Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, NY Post, Newsday, Daily News, MLB.com
Dwight Gooden always wanted to come back to Flushing, and now he will never leave again as long as the Mets exist.
For now, Gooden is proud of his career and past accomplishments and also physically and mentally healthy in the present.