NY Mets and Yankee Great Dwight Gooden to speak at the 3rd Annual Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs/Mohawk Valley Hall of Fame Dinner January 21st

 

Tickets for this great night of hot stove baseball are available for $40 each for adults, $20 for children under 12 or $275 for a table of eight and can be purchased  by CLICKING HERE and Printing your order form. Make sure you reserve you seat now!! The evening is highlighted by the Mohawk Valley Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Inductees will be announced next week.A fantastic live auction is part of the evening’s festivities featuring valuable gifts donated by local merchants and supporters.

Also known as Doc Gooden or Dr. K, he was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s

Dwight Gooden Facts

In 1984 Gooden became the youngest player at the age of only 19 to appear in an All-Star Game

In 1984 Gooden was voted the national League Rookie of the Year

In 1985, Gooden pitched one of the most statistically dominating single seasons in baseball history. Leading Major League Baseball with 24 wins, 268 strikeouts, and a 1.53 ERA on his way to became the youngest-ever player to ever win the Cy Young Award.

In 1986 Gooden became the youngest pitcher to start an All-Star Game at 21 years, seven months and 30 days of age.

Member of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets

In 1996, Gooden while playing for the NY Yankees no-hit the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium on May 14.

On August 1, 2010, he was officially inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame

Tickets are on sale now and with limited seating available the event is sure to host an overflow crowd. Go to www.MyDiamondDawgs.com  to print out your reservations form or email travis@mydiamonddawgs.com to make sure that you will be a part of the excitement.