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Mets legend makes interesting recruiting pitch to Shohei Ohtani
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Morning Briefing: Mets Get Back In The Win Column - Metsmerized Online
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Doc Gooden says Mets can be saved, Shohei Ohtani would 'fit great' in New York
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Card Back Q&A: Dwight Gooden Talks Pitching Perfect Game, Rewriting Record Books, Playing Nintendo All Day
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Doc Gooden says Shohei Ohtani can wear #16 if he comes to the Mets in free agency, BNNY
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Jacob deGrom dominating in 2021
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Justin Verlander 'not afraid to talk about winning a championship', Mets News Conference
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Gooden's No. 16 and Strawberry's No. 18 to be retired by Mets next season
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Shohei Ohtani - Japan's Babe Ruth - has MLB teams dreaming big
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Jacob deGrom spurns Mets, signs monster deal with Texas Rangers
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The Metropolitan: Rain of terror
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Mets to retire numbers of Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, who won 1986 World Series