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Article: Gossage gets hall call: ; Reliever uses selection to voice opinion on PEDs
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 9, 2008
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NEW YORK - On his first day as a Hall of Famer, Goose Gossage
tossed some high, hard ones at Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds.
"I think that if you did do performance-enhancing drugs, you need
to come clean and put an end to this," Gossage said. "Just fess up."
After falling short eight times, Gossage received 85.8 percent of
the vote Tuesday, easily surpassing the 75 percent threshold for
baseball's highest honor and becoming just the fifth reliever in
Cooperstown's bullpen.
Angry that the Steroids Era has skewed statistics, Gossage said
Bonds and Clemens were in the same situation as far as he was
concerned. Both have been accused of using steroids.
"Now we've got to figure out who's telling ...
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Article: Gossage a Hall of Famer at last
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;
July 25, 2008 ;
700+ words
... ... COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- As a kid, Rich Gossage's dreams never matched those of his ... play in the big leagues some day,' " Gossage recalled. "I pooh-poohed that. I ... that.' And sure enough, here I am." Gossage did more than just play in the major leagues ...
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