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Article: After 9 tries, Gossage gets Hall of Fame call Relief pitcher is only player elected BASEBALL
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- International Herald Tribune
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- January 10, 2008
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Jack Curry The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
01-10-2008
After 9 tries, Gossage gets Hall of Fame call Relief pitcher is only player elected BASEBALL
Byline: Jack Curry The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: SPORTS
With an explosive fastball that unnerved hitters, a motion that was an intertwining of long arms and long legs and a Fu Manchu mustache that was his perpetual Halloween mask, Rich Gossage was an intimidator.
Gossage, a dependable bouncer on the mound who was known as Goose, pushed his way to baseball's highest honor Tuesday when he was elected into the Hall of Fame.
In Gossage's ninth year on the ballot, he received 85.8 percent of the votes ...