Talk:MLB Thinks Gooden is in the Hall/@comment-68.175.7.216-20060411183712

Gooden was a phenomenal pitcher in 1984 and 1985. But he started slipping in 1986 - Mel Stottlemyre had to make up that story about Gooden tryoing to get more ground ball outs to stop reporters from asking why his Ks were down - and things got worse every season from there. Many people didn&quot;t notice because the Mets gave Gooden incredible run support for years, but by 1988 Gooden had become only an average pitcher.