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Article: BASEBALL HALL OF FAME; Gossage gets belated call; Reliever voted in on ninth try
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 9, 2008
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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 ...