Did Darryl Strawberry go over the line (no pun intended) with his comments on Doc Gooden?
After Doc Gooden explained to New York Daily News why he missed a radio appearance last week, Darryl Strawberry put his former teammate on blast by mentioning an old problem of the past.
“He’s a complete junkie-addict,” Strawberry said. “I’ve been trying behind the scenes to talk to him and get him to go for help, but he won’t listen. He thinks he can manipulate and BS his way through everything. His son called me to beg me to help his dad before he dies.”
“The condition Doc is in, it’s bad, it’s horrible. It’s like cocaine poison. I feel like I’ve got to get it out there because nobody else is doing anything to help him, and it might be the only way to stop him.”
Although I don’t agree with Strawberry putting Gooden’s business out in public, it’s hard to defend Doc here when he didn’t elaborate on his “minor health issues.”