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

Article: Gossage again on bubble Reliever mourns his mother's death, waits for Hall of Fame vote.(Sports)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 9, 2007 ;     448 words ......Sutter, who was elected, and Jim Rice, who was one vote ahead of Gossage, a Colorado Springs native...was no more fierce guy than Jim Rice, Gossage said. No one scared me, but Jim Rice got my attention. Gossage said he thought the election...

Article: Gossage receives Hall call
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  January 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......I went numb,'' Gossage said of his reaction...Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice. Rice got 72.2 percent...Rickey Henderson. ''Jim Rice does belong in the Hall of Fame,'' Gossage said. ''No hitter scared me, but Jim Rice came the closest...Votes Pct. Goose Gossage 466 ...

Article: Gossage gets the Hall call
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  January 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the Hall of Fame ballot, Gossage got his ticket to Cooperstown, N.Y. Gossage, whose 22-year major-league...a brick - I went numb,''Gossage said of his reaction...Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice. Rice had 72.2 percent of...belong in the Hall of Fame,'' Gossage said. ''No hitter ...

Article: Gossage has best chance to make the Hall of Fame
The Gazette;  January 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Gossage got snubbed, in 2007, Gossage was low on patience, saying...under consideration, making Gossage, 56, a likely candidate for Cooperstown. Gossage's stiffest competition...Blyleven, Andre Dawson and Jim Rice, who is on the Baseball...elect a player. Last year, Gossage ...

Article: Clinton Jim Rice. And I am a Yankee fan. Mike Branford Pete Rose. He accomplished [Derived Headline]
New Haven Register;  January 10, 2008 ;     198 words ......Joe Jackson and Pete Rose. David Clinton Jim Rice. And I am a Yankee fan. Mike Branford Pete...Ben Fairfield Dave Kingman. Gary Hamden Jim Rice. He certainly deserves it. Linda Guilford Jim Rice. Ruth Guilford Jim Rice. He was a great...

Article: Like '78, Gossage wins day.(Sports)
The Boston Herald;  January 9, 2008 ;     622 words ......notable showdown between Rich Gossage and Jim Rice came in the late-afternoon...almost 30 years later, Gossage has edged out Rice again. Gossage yesterday became the only...ultimately were inducted. Gossage was in that category after...facing these guys, I think Jim ...

Article: Gossage partial to the setup men
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 10, 2008 ;     574 words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-10-2008 Gossage partial to the setup men -- Loved entering...151; If the decision were up to Goose Gossage, the Yankees would have Joba Chamberlain...for two great relievers in one bullpen," Gossage said, recalling the Yanks' magical 1978...

Article: Tanner's tutelage helped Gossage blossom
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  July 27, 2008 ;     638 words ...Richard "Goose" Gossage played only one season in Pittsburgh...Chuck Tanner who set the path that put Gossage into the Hall of Fame. "Chuck Tanner...best managers I ever played for," said Gossage, whose career included stints with nine...

Article: Waiting finally over for Gossage -- and his wife
The Gazette;  January 9, 2008 ;     628 words ...Corna Gossage was better on the move, more at ease. Standing still...moving. Meanwhile Corna's husband, Richard "Goose" Gossage, sat in a living room recliner looking calmer than ever. Gossage, who would be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame...

Article: GOSSAGE FONDLY REMEMBERS IT ALL
The Gazette;  July 19, 2008 ;     485 words ......a majorleague player from Rich "Goose" Gossage's era, and he'll probably have a story...former Milwaukee Brewer Robin Yount, whom Gossage will join in Baseball's Hall of Fame on...night, it was in the '81 playoffs ...," Gossage started when he heard Yount's name. Gossage...

Article: Goose to fly solo; Gossage the only player voted into Hall; Rice fails.(Sports)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 9, 2008 ;     521 words ......years of blowing away major-league hitters, Rich Goose Gossage was the one who felt overpowered on Tuesday. It was like being hit with a brick, Gossage said in a conference call from his home in Colorado. My head was just numb. That was Gossage's reaction to finding out he was the only player ...

Article: DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, DUCK GOOSE! ; Passed over in eight previous votes, Gossage is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
The Gazette;  January 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......handful of friends and more than a dozen journalists, Gossage anxiously awaited the call from Jack O'Connell, secretary-treasurer of the BBWAA. Gossage's phone rang at 11:08 a.m., but O'Connell wasn't...O'Connell called. "Oh my God, I've been elected," Gossage said from his brown recliner in his living ...

Article: FROM ALL-STAR RELIEVER TO HALL OF FAMER; GOOSE GOSSAGE INDUCTED INTO COOPERSTOWN BEFORE 14,000 MOSTLY YANKEE FANS.(Sports)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......to forget Sunday, when Rich Goose Gossage officially became a Hall of Famer...Yankees fans greeted reliever Rich Goose Gossage with Boooooo instead of Goooooose. That was early in the 1978 season, when Gossage was the Yankees' latest free agent...

Article: Gossage's New York tenure was marred by turmoil with the overbearing Steinbrenner
The Gazette;  July 24, 2008 ;     556 words ...One day, Goose Gossage says George Steinbrenner's mad ways chased him out of New York. Few days later, Gossage says he "loves" Steinbrenner. This is...in baseball history. "I love the guy," Gossage said. "He's the greatest owner this game...