​Dwight Gooden is back in the news again, for a surprising rea--





No, you know what? It's Doc Gooden. This isn't surprising at all.





The former Mets ace and 1986 World Series Champion, whose drug problem has been a major storyline of both his playing and post-playing career, will apparently be dressed as Santa at a New York strip club this week, because why not?

Former Mets, Yankees pitcher Doc Gooden to play Santa Claus at NYC strip club https://t.co/Oe2eN5Yn0H pic.twitter.com/m9YGqxskkB — NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) November 30, 2017

​​According the Daily News, Gooden "will be dressed in full Santa attire while having strippers from Vivid Cabaret NYC seated on his lap on Tuesday night — asking them if they’ve been naughty or nice, apparently — according to a release from the Midtown club."





This feels like something out of those "Stefon" sketches on Saturday Night Live. Remember those? The ones with Bill Hader?



"New York's hottest Christmas club is Vivid. This place has everything.​​ Donner, Blitzen, NOG...and who's that over there? It's Dwight Gooden dressed as Santa Claus, asking strippers if they've been naughty or nice." "New York's hottest Christmas club is Vivid. This place has.​​ Donner, Blitzen, NOG...and who's that over there? It's Dwight Gooden dressed as Santa Claus, asking strippers if they've been naughty or nice."





Honestly, sometimes life really does imitate art.





Whatever Gooden does with his time, I (as well as many others) just hope that he's well, and not using again as former teammate Darryl Strawberry feared he might be.





Hopefully, when kids of this generation think of Doc Gooden, they'll think of him less for his antics and more for his incredibly rare baseball talent.

