Article: BASEBALL HALL OF FAME; Gossage gets belated call; Reliever voted in on ninth try

Rich "Goose" Gossage began his day by shoveling 6 inches of snow off his driveway and sidewalk Tuesday in Colorado Springs.

A few hours later, he was engulfed by an avalanche of emotion.

After eight failed attempts, Gossage was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 85.8% of the 543 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

"It was very emotional, off the charts," said Gossage, one of the most feared late-inning relievers in the game during a 22-year career. "I can't even describe the feeling."

Gossage, 56, was the only former player on the ballot to receive the requisite 75% of the votes for election. In his next-to-last year on the writers' ballot, Jim ...

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