To appreciate the implausibility of Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter, which turns 25 on Friday, you need to understand who the following characters were a quarter of a century ago.

Dwight Gooden's number was retired by the Mets, ... about the huge mural depicting him in his pitching motion that was on the side of a building on 42nd street — and seeing it for the first time.

NEW YORK — Dwight Gooden still knows how to work a crowd.. Honored by the New York Mets with the retirement of his No. 16 on Sunday, the four-time All-Star recounted how his career in Queens was ...

Dwight Gooden delivers on Opening Day in 1985, the beginning of one of the greatest pitching seasons of all time. (Ray Stubblebine / Associated Press) In 1985, he went 24-4 with a 1.54 ERA over ...

By the time “Bull Durham” hit theaters in 1988, Dwight Gooden was already one of the more decorated and dominant pitchers in baseball. He’d already won the NL Rookie of the Year Award, the ...