Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 05, 2006
Gooden to Jail

The sad story of Dwight Gooden continues as he's sentenced to one year in jail for violating his probation.

He chose the prison sentence over reinstatement of his probation, which would have meant the prospect of five years behind bars if he violated it again.

It seems Gooden knows how difficult it is to stay clean, and he's taking a shorter punishment now rather than a longer one later.

Regarding his choice of prison over reinstatement of probation, Hobson said Gooden "made a decision that he in his mind thought was best for him."

"This is not a case of a pampered athlete," Hobson said. "He took it like a man. He took it like any citizen in this situation. He didn't whimper, he didn't cry, he didn't beg. He took it like a man."


Posted by David Pinto at 11:13 AM | Crime | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Another ex-Junkee. How sad.

Posted by: Yankee Despiser at April 5, 2006 11:51 AM

Nothing worse than seeing a guy with all the physical gifts in the world wash it down the drain with nothing but brute stupidity.

Posted by: Jeff at April 5, 2006 12:04 PM

Dude, you might hate the Yankees but don't be a giant ass about it. Gooden's just another sad case of MLB in the 1980s disappointing its players in terms of drug use and not following up on that.

Posted by: Benjamin Kabak at April 5, 2006 01:00 PM

True enough Ben, but the Yanks earned their Junkee stripes with the Howe adventures. They just did not care so long as the player could benefit the team. I know, I am a lawyer.

Posted by: craig miles at April 7, 2006 08:31 PM
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