Comments on: Mets one-hitter #14, Dwight “Doc” Gooden, Sept. 7, 1984 http://www.nonohitters.com/2010/01/02/mets-one-hitter-14-dwight-doc-gooden-sept-7-1984/ Obsessively tracking the New York Mets' futility in no-hitters Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:36:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RHOmea http://www.nonohitters.com/2010/01/02/mets-one-hitter-14-dwight-doc-gooden-sept-7-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-29612 RHOmea Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:28:35 +0000 http://www.nonohitters.com/?p=1258#comment-29612 I was sitting with my Uncle btwn home and third on the first row in the first deck and we both agreed - it was definitely an error. Knight couldn't get the ball out of his glove, THEN he double clutched and he was by then too late for the throw. His arm wasn't that bad, he just flubbed it in the mitt. ERROR on Knight as my grandma could have thrown Moreland out. My uncle ray had been to about a million ball games and never seen a no-hitter live so he nearly jumped over the edge. I had to hold him by his belt while he leaned over and cursed out Ray Knight!! Gooden (and the rest of the 86 Mets bullpen) was a beast. I was sitting with my Uncle btwn home and third on the first row in the first deck and we both agreed – it was definitely an error. Knight couldn’t get the ball out of his glove, THEN he double clutched and he was by then too late for the throw. His arm wasn’t that bad, he just flubbed it in the mitt. ERROR on Knight as my grandma could have thrown Moreland out. My uncle ray had been to about a million ball games and never seen a no-hitter live so he nearly jumped over the edge. I had to hold him by his belt while he leaned over and cursed out Ray Knight!! Gooden (and the rest of the 86 Mets bullpen) was a beast.

]]> By: Walt Bennett http://www.nonohitters.com/2010/01/02/mets-one-hitter-14-dwight-doc-gooden-sept-7-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-29214 Walt Bennett Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:08:59 +0000 http://www.nonohitters.com/?p=1258#comment-29214 You can't give an error on that play when he eats the ball. Anybody knows that. Knight had a bad arm and would have had to unload to make that play, and he obviously knew he lacked the gun to get the guy so he held the ball. It was only the fifth inning and you don't want to throw the ball away. That's just baseball and yes just another interesting way the Mets still don't have a no-hitter :) You can’t give an error on that play when he eats the ball. Anybody knows that. Knight had a bad arm and would have had to unload to make that play, and he obviously knew he lacked the gun to get the guy so he held the ball. It was only the fifth inning and you don’t want to throw the ball away. That’s just baseball and yes just another interesting way the Mets still don’t have a no-hitter :)

]]> By: Bill White http://www.nonohitters.com/2010/01/02/mets-one-hitter-14-dwight-doc-gooden-sept-7-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-28835 Bill White Sun, 29 May 2011 01:27:49 +0000 http://www.nonohitters.com/?p=1258#comment-28835 I was at that game...I remember being upset at the official scorer because I thought it was definitely an error. At the time of the hit, no one had any way of knowing that would be the only hit. I remember hoping that the official scorer would change the ruling as they sometimes do. As the game wore on and you saw how dominant Doc was I kept thinking back to that error/hit. I was almost hoping someone else would get a legit hit so it wouldn't bother me. I felt that scorer deprived us of seeing the only no-hitter in Met history! I was at that game…I remember being upset at the official scorer because I thought it was definitely an error. At the time of the hit, no one had any way of knowing that would be the only hit. I remember hoping that the official scorer would change the ruling as they sometimes do. As the game wore on and you saw how dominant Doc was I kept thinking back to that error/hit. I was almost hoping someone else would get a legit hit so it wouldn’t bother me. I felt that scorer deprived us of seeing the only no-hitter in Met history!

]]> By: Eric Lundbohm http://www.nonohitters.com/2010/01/02/mets-one-hitter-14-dwight-doc-gooden-sept-7-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-6462 Eric Lundbohm Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:26:27 +0000 http://www.nonohitters.com/?p=1258#comment-6462 I was also at that game. It was Ray Knight's first with the Mets, as I remember it. Always hated hime for not making the throw and yes, it should have been an error. Gooden was unhitable. I think actually he struck out 16 Cubs that night. Gooden had two awesome years, 84 & 85. He was reasonable in 1986 and well, we know the story after that. But on September 7, 1984, in front of a national TV audience, he was unbelievable. I was also at that game. It was Ray Knight’s first with the Mets, as I remember it. Always hated hime for not making the throw and yes, it should have been an error. Gooden was unhitable. I think actually he struck out 16 Cubs that night.

Gooden had two awesome years, 84 & 85. He was reasonable in 1986 and well, we know the story after that. But on September 7, 1984, in front of a national TV audience, he was unbelievable.

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