Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 23, 2008
What's in a Name?

Chien-Ming Wang won his 50th career game last night, drawing Dwight Gooden comparisons. Wang at first didn't recognize the name Dwight Gooden:

When we spoke with Wang after the game, I asked if he had ever heard of Dwight Gooden. He shook his head and said no. Joba Chamberlain, leaning in from his locker, howled.

As the interview broke up, we mentioned Gooden again, and someone referred to him as "Doc." Wang's face lit up in recognition. Doc Gooden, now that's name he knew.

"He does know!!" Chamberlain cried to the reporters who had left. "Edit! Edit! You need me to translate?"

Joba seems to be keeping his sense of humor.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:01 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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Maybe he didn't recognize the name because there isn't much comparison once you get past wins.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2008 03:56 PM

Yeah - when he starts hearing about what an incredible waste of talent Gooden was he'll probably wish he never found out.

Posted by: Bandit at April 24, 2008 10:06 AM
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