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NFT: Yankees will pay for Gooden's drug treatment - if he accepts

Vin R : 8/23/2016 5:27 pm
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Dwight (Doc) Gooden is insisting publicly that he doesn't have a drug problem, yet more and more people want to help him — none more significant than the Yankees, who have reached out to say they'll pay for any treatment he would consider getting.

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That's a great offer.  
Walt in MD : 8/23/2016 5:53 pm : link
Would be classier if we didn't know about it.
RE: That's a great offer.  
TheMick7 : 8/23/2016 5:54 pm : link
In comment 13083445 Walt in MD said:
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Would be classier if we didn't know about it.


Strawberry made it public,not the Yankees!
RE: That's a great offer.  
Danny Kanell : 8/23/2016 5:59 pm : link
In comment 13083445 Walt in MD said:
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Would be classier if we didn't know about it.


The Yankees as an organization have likely done more for people behind the scenes than any team in sports.
He  
DanMetroMan : 8/23/2016 6:03 pm : link
Looks awful. Get help Doc. One of the articles from today's paper claimed he looked "great" wtf
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Vin R : 8/23/2016 6:03 pm : link
In comment 13083453 Danny Kanell said:
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In comment 13083445 Walt in MD said:


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Would be classier if we didn't know about it.



The Yankees as an organization have likely done more for people behind the scenes than any team in sports.


I'd say the Giants are right there with 'em ;)
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DanMetroMan : 8/23/2016 6:05 pm : link
The writer from the Post must be blind.. "Picture of health"? https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2016/08/23/dwight-gooden-do-i-look-strung-out-to-you/amp/?client=safari #Mets
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DanMetroMan : 8/23/2016 6:06 pm : link
Hate to praise Dolan but assuming he's involved with the Garden of Dreams they do a ton as well
Most of the NY teams are top notch with this stuff  
Mason : 8/23/2016 7:10 pm : link
Remember Katrina when MLB donated 1 million dollars which was suppose to represent all MLB teams and the Yankees separately match the MLB donation.
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Mason : 8/23/2016 7:13 pm : link
In comment 13083465 DanMetroMan said:
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Hate to praise Dolan but assuming he's involved with the Garden of Dreams they do a ton as well


Yeah Dolan is many things but he is very gracious with donations and fund raising.
I hope he can get well at last  
Greg from LI : 8/23/2016 7:47 pm : link
It's wonderful seeing Straw the way he's cleaned up his life, and I want to see Doc the same way.
Giants and Yanks are both classy franchises.  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/23/2016 8:28 pm : link
Shame they have to "share"(not really, but you get what I'm saying) their own market with other inferior organizations..
yeah  
mdc1 : 8/25/2016 10:27 am : link
but wouldn't have been more classy to just do it privately (offer to Gooden) instead of using the media to make themselves look good ?

They did..  
Vin R : 8/25/2016 10:28 am : link
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Greg from LI : 8/25/2016 10:54 am : link
In comment 13085750 mdc1 said:
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but wouldn't have been more classy to just do it privately (offer to Gooden) instead of using the media to make themselves look good ?


Again, the Yankees didn't announce this publicly. Darryl Strawberry did.
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