Episode 3: See That He Behaves

George McQuillan was one of the most accomplished pitchers in baseball until a variety of scandals and personal problems brought his career crashing down. Part Dwight Gooden, part Max Scherzer, and part Christy Mathewson, McQuillan's fall from grace is one of baseball's saddest stories. This episode uses never-before-published documents to tell the story of how McQuillan lost his way, his attempt to resurrect his career from the ashes, and his part in the real-life story of an Oscar-winning film.

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BOOKS

Centennial History of Arkansas, Volume III. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922.

Crook, Martin Andrew. Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Eighth Edition. CRC Press, 2013.

ARTICLES

Ellingwood, Finley. Untitled. Ellington’s Therapeutist, Vol. 2, 1908.

Enders, Eric. “George McQuillan.” Published in Tom Simon, editor, Deadball Stars of the National League. Washington, DC: Brassey’s, 2004.

Frith, John. “Syphilis – Its Early History and Treatment Until Penicillin and the Debate on its Origins.” Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health, Volume 20, Number 4 (2012).

Goldman, Andrew. “Dwight Gooden was not best friends with Darryl Strawberry.” New York Times Magazine, May 31, 2013.

“Gooden’s Timeline of Troubles.” Newsday, March 24, 2010. 

Harper, John. “With 30-year reunion of ‘86 Mets approaching, Doc Gooden opens up about dark past, ongoing struggle with addiction.” New York Daily News, May 16, 2016.

Hay, Eugene Carson, M.D. “The Advantages in the Treatment of Syphilis at the Hot Springs of Arkansas.” Journal of the American Medical Association, February 6, 1897, p. 251-253.

Kernan, Kevin. “Doc Gooden’s life of alcohol, drugs and Ks: ‘Never thought I’d make it to 50’.” New York Post, November 16, 2014. 

Kofoed, J.C. “A Real Big League Comeback.” Baseball Magazine, August 1914.

“Mercurial Treatment in Syphilis.” Published in Monthly Cyclopaedia and Medical Bulletin, Volume 2. Charles Euchariste de Medici Sajous, John Madison Taylor, John Vietch Shoemaker, editors. F.A. Davis Company, 1909.

Neff, Craig. “Doctor K: Awesome and Then Some.” Sports Illustrated, September 2, 1985.

Saccoman, John. “Garry Herrmann.” Published online by the SABR Biography Project.

“Secret drug shame of Mets star Doc Gooden.” New York Post, May 18, 2013. 

Swift, E.M. “So good, so young.” Sports Illustrated, April 15, 1985.

Taylor, R.W., M.D. “The Hot Springs of Arkansas and the Treatment of Syphilis.” Published in George F. Shrady, M.D., editor, Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Volume 37. New York: William Wood & Company, 1890.

Verducci, Tom. “Doc’s Knockout Year.” Sports Illustrated, September 21, 2015.

Verducci, Tom.