Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this powerful baseball-centric episode, we speak with Noel Roby, former player, passionate fan, and the voice behind the popular blog TheBaseballStoryteller.com. We dive into the spirited campaign to induct Dwight “Doc” Gooden into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

As a longtime fan and storyteller, Noel discusses Gooden’s legendary, against-the-odds career—from a kid in Tampa to a Cy Young-winning pitcher—and why his Hall of Fame case deserves renewed attention. This interview was inspired by a personal moment Joe had meeting Doc Gooden in 2023 at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, where he vowed to be in Cooperstown for the eventual induction.

This episode is more than nostalgia—it’s a call to action for baseball fans and historians to revisit one of the most electric arms in MLB history. It’s the first step in a movement to give Dwight Gooden the Hall of Fame moment he’s earned.

📖 Read the Full Feature Article: Dwight Gooden Should Be in the Hall of Fame 

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Joe Dimino Podcaster/Artist

Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.