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When they were good, they were the biggest stars on a team that captured New York City and the 1986 World Series. But when they were bad, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry broke the hearts of Mets fans. "They were going to be our guys for years," laments Jon Stewart in this evocative yet searing 30 for 30 documentary directed by Judd Apatow ("Trainwreck") and Michael Bonfiglio ("You Don't Know Bo"). Reunited at a diner in Queens, the pitcher and the power hitter look back on the glory days of the mid-'80s and the harrowing nights that turned them from surefire Hall of Famers into prisoners of their own addictions. Listening to Doc talk about missing the parade down the Canyon of Heroes, or Darryl counsel others at his ministry, you can only wish that these two very different men had not followed the same destructive path.
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This is an affecting portrait of two star athletes who never lived up to their potential due to drug and alcohol abuse. Though it is about the baseball it’s much more about their personal struggles with addiction, one because his father was cruel, the other because his father was too demanding. It’s an illuminating illustration of how addiction affects anyone as Gooden and Strawberry have different backgrounds and had so much initial career success. My one quibble is how it dances around most of the sexual assault and abuse stuff. It’s addressed, but not well enough.