Article: Gossage partial to the setup men

Article: Rich Gossage up for enshrinement.(The Gazette)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... is an indelible image of Gossage striding from the bowels ... third base. As a closer, Gossage was the personification ... pitchers by an entire staff of setup men designed to take the hazards out of every situation - Gossage was the "Closer," the ...

Article: A pitch for Goose/ The numbers are fine, but Goose ...
The Gazette;  January 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... is an indelible image of Gossage striding from the bowels ... third base. As a closer, Gossage was the personification ... pitchers by an entire staff of setup men designed to take the hazards out of every situation - Gossage was the "Closer," the ...

Article: Gossage, Dreyfuss enshrined
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  July 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... more than two decades, Rich "Goose" Gossage unnerved batters as one of baseball ... can't put in words what this means," Gossage told a decidedly New York Yankees crowd ... ceremony that capped his 22-year career. Gossage had to pause twice to collect his thoughts ...

Article: Gossage, Dick Williams inducted into Hall of Fame
AP Online;  July 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... For more than two decades, Rich Goose Gossage unnerved batters as one of baseball ... can't put in words what this means, Gossage told a decidedly New York Yankees crowd ... ceremony that capped his 22-year career. Gossage had to pause twice to collect his thoughts ...

Article: Gossage has best chance to make the Hall of Fame
The Gazette;  January 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Colorado Springs native Rick "Goose" Gossage was denied entry into the National Baseball ... expectations weren't high." The fourth time Gossage fell short in the voting, in 2003, he ... important things in life." The eighth time Gossage got snubbed, in 2007, Gossage was low ...

Article: Gossage, Dick Williams inducted into hall
AP Online;  July 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the crowd had wandered off, Rich Goose Gossage was still trying to come to grips with ... had the type of career I've had, said Gossage, after becoming just the fifth reliever ... script, I wouldn't change a thing, said Gossage, who spent 22 years as one of baseball ...

Article: Gossage gets the Hall call
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  January 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... White Sox in 1972, Rich ''Goose'' Gossage never had Hall of Fame dreams. His goals ... think of going into the Hall of Fame,'' Gossage said Tuesday. ''All you want to do ... nine times on the Hall of Fame ballot, Gossage got his ticket to Cooperstown, N.Y ...