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	Rich Gossage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage (born July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 21 seasons for nine different teams before retiring in 1994.
		The most effective pairing was Ron Davis and Gossage, with Davis typically entering the game in the 7th or 8th innings and Gossage closing.
		Gossage lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is active in the community promoting and sponsoring youth sports.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rich_Gossage (340 words)

	Another way to waste a few minutes: Baseball HOF 2006: Rich Gossage
		Gossage was a multi-inning reliever all year, someone almost never seen outside the postseason, and even then rarely seen outside of Mariano Rivera since 1996 or Brad Lidge in 2004.
		Gossage bounced around, surely, playing for nine teams, but the bulk of his career was spent with the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres.
		Gossage has all of the above, and he was not the simple specialist that a closer is today (whether they choose to be or not, to be fair).
	jdasilva.homestead.com /2005/12/baseball-hof-2006-rich-gossage.html (399 words)

	Chicago White Sox News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rich Gossage is trying to curb his enthusiasm as he awaits the results of this year's Hall of Fame voting.
		Gossage was one of George Steinbrenner's big offseason signings before the 1978 season, even though the Yankees had a star closer in Sparky Lyle, who had won the American League's Cy Young Award as the Yankees defeated the Dodgers to win the World Series in 1977.
		Gossage was brought into the game with one out in the seventh inning and had a 5-2 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/cws/news/cws_news.jsp?ymd=20040103&content_id=624279&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp (1573 words)

	Sports - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gossage and Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins will be in Boise on Feb. 10 to participate in a fundraiser for the Boise High baseball team and the Boise Seminoles, an American Legion program.
		Gossage should be in the Hall of Fame — or, at the very least, entering the hallowed Cooperstown grounds this year with fellow relief pitcher Bruce Sutter, a contemporary, but not an equal.
		Gossage, who pitched for nine big-league teams from 1972 through 1996 and is best remembered for his six-year tenure with the Yankees, pitched 10 more seasons and nearly 800 more innings than Sutter.
	www.idahostatesman.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060125/NEWS03/601250354 (966 words)

	Goose looking for powerful HOF vote - Addict Baseball and Football Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the other hand, it must be said that Gossage was a pioneer closer in the sense that he helped establish the role of an intimidating, powerful presence to get the job done at the end of the game on a regular basis.
		Gossage finished with 40.74 percent of the vote (206 of 506 cast), ranking him seventh among vote-getters but well short of the 75 percent needed for entry into Cooperstown in 2004.
		Gossage is making his sixth appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot as voters decide on the Class of 2005.
	www.addictsports.com /baseball/showthread.php?t=46398 (742 words)

	Vicious and Fear
		Rich Gossage made his second appearance for the Yankees last night, pitching four scoreless, hitless innings in relief of Dick Tidrow.
		Gossage’s new teammates said that his stuff was "vicious." The man who hit three home runs his last three at bats in last year’s World Series and is known to fear no mortal, not even George Steinbrenner, said that "He puts fear in hitters.
		Rich Gossage was one of the greatest relief pitchers in baseball history.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/yankees_no_more_no_less/118182 (423 words)

	FOX Sports - MLB - Snubbed Gossage rips Hall of Fame voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gossage received 336 votes, which is short of the 390 needed for election.
		Gossage, a former Yankees' fireballer, seems angry that he failed to get into the Hall of Fame despite the fact that he has, among other things, more career saves, victories, and strikeouts (948) than Sutter.
		Gossage also feels badly for peers such as Rice, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven — all of whom were left on the outside looking in.
	msn.foxsports.com /mlb/story/5237536?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49 (607 words)

	Gossage jumps at the chance to speak at tournament banquet
		Gossage is in Grand Junction again today, not as the father of one of the players in the tournament, but as the speaker at the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series banquet.
		Gossage had hoped to spend a few days in Grand Junction, watch some baseball and take Tolman up on an offer to go fishing, but his schedule has him heading to New York on Saturday.
		Gossage was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the ninth round of the 1970 amateur draft and two years later made his major-league debut.
	www.gjsentinel.com /sports/content/sports/juco/stories/JUCO_pa_goose.html (841 words)

	Brewerfan.net - Article
		Next up in the series is Rich "Goose" Gossage, one of the last of his kind, the ace reliever, before anyone called them "closers." With 100 MPH heat, a walrus moustache and a wild, violent delivery, Goose was the most intimidating reliever of his time.
		Rich turned in three less than spectacular seasons for the Sox before stepping it up in 1975, when he appeared in 141 2/3 innings, turning in 26 saves, 130 strikeouts, and a 1.84 ERA- all in relief.
		Those years in New York are the ones Rich will be remembered for but if you discount the one year he was used as a starter, Rich was right there with the very best at his position over an 11-year period, from '75-'85.
	www.brewerfan.net /ViewArticle.do?articleId=227 (1439 words)

	Gossage blasts voters after Hall rejection - Baseball - MSNBC.com
		During his prime years from 1977-83, Gossage led all pitchers with a minimum of 350 innings pitched in ERA (2.00), strikeouts (9.07), hits and baserunners (9.56) per nine innings.
		Gossage said he no longer gets excited about announcement day.
		Gossage was home with the dog, fielding "more than 40 phone calls" from reporters and well-wishers.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/10806971 (622 words)

	Bullshit Memorial Stadium: Brewers Stuff, Hall of Fame Looming...
		Bruce Sutter and Rich Gossage are very similar in a lot of ways- they had a career ERA+ within 10 pts of one another (136 Sutter, 126 Gossage), both had over 300 SVs (300 Sutter, 310 Gossage), and had similar career ERAs (2.83 Sutter, 3.01 Gossage).
		Gossage has nearly 800 more IP than Sutter, which is roughly 75% of his entire career.
		Gossage's career peak is eleven years long, starting in 1975 when he was with the White Sox and ending in 1985 with the Padres.
	keyboardbaseball.blogspot.com /2006/01/brewers-stuff-hall-of-fame-looming.html (1005 words)

	Goose Gossage \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Gossage was extremely effective during the strike-shortened 1981 season, allowing just 22 hits in 47 innings to go with 48 strikeouts and 20 saves.
		Gossage compiled 72 saves during his first three seasons with the Padres, but slumped after being traded to the Chicago Cubs in a deal for Keith Moreland in 1988 and was released at the end of the season.
		The veteran stopper, by this point relegated to duty as a setup man, caught on with the San Francisco Giants in 1989 but was placed on waivers during the season and re-signed with the Yankees for the remainder of the year.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gossage_Goose.stm (2108 words)

	Rich Gossage \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gossage was never much for playing games or mincing words, and in laid back San Diego he helped the team to their first World Series in 1984.
		Gossage had convinced Dick Williams that he could strike out Gibson, against whom he had good success previously...
		In 1983, George Brett hit a monstrous homer off Gossage, which was later ruled an out because of excessive pine tar on his bat.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/gossari01.php (735 words)

	Amazon.com: The Goose Is Loose: Books: Rich "Goose" Gossage,Russ Pate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gossage, it turns out, is a pretty genial fellow, funny and fun-loving, a clubhouse prankster as fast with an anecdote as he was with his heat.
		Gossage is equally forthcoming in his lack of appreciation for Jose Canseco, Ricky Henderson, Bobby Valentine, and the John Birchers he played with in San Diego.
		In his amazingly rich memoir, Gossage reveals he not only has a name every baseball fan knows, but he is also one of the best, and funniest, writers in sports.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345430689?v=glance (1756 words)

	TSN.ca - Espn Classic - Canada's Sports Leader
		Gossage collected 10 more saves than Sutter, 56 more wins and 948 more strikeouts than the lone 2006 inductee.
		Gossage was also disappointed for fellow stars Jim Rice, Andre Dawson and Bert Blyleven, who also did not get inducted.
		Gossage collected 336 votes, falling 54 short of the 75 percent requirement.
	www.tsn.ca /classic/news_story.asp?ID=150316&hubName= (298 words)

	Detailed Breakdown
		New York, NY (Sports Network) - Rich "Goose" Gossage and Fernando Valenzuela have been named the managers for the Futures Game as part of the All-Star Game festivities in Houston.
		The contest, to be played July 11 at Minute Maid Park, features minor league players who are affiliated with major league clubs, broken into two teams -- one full of players born in the U.S. and the other made up of players born outside the States -- playing in a seven-inning game.
		Gossage, a nine-time All-Star relief pitcher with 310 career saves, will skipper the U.S. team.
	www.sportschronicles.com /stats/game_drilldown.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/news/AAN3300023.htm (118 words)

	Seattle Mariners - Sports Mogul Forums
		Rich DeLucia did not fare too well in the first game, he only managed 4.1 innings, allowing 6 runs (4 in the 1st inning), although he did manage to strike out 5 batters.
		Gossage followed with 2 scoreless innings and Nelson was back to his old self pitching a scoreless 9th.
		Gossage pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief, striking out 3 and Schooler pitched a scoreless 9th for the save.
	www.sportsmogul.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=87881 (3419 words)

	Rich Gossage Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Rich Gossage was born on Thursday, July 5, 1951, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
		Gossage was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1972, with the Chicago White Sox.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rich Gossage baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=gossari01 (306 words)

	My 2002 Hall of Fame Ballot: Slot #5, Rich Gossage \| BaseballLibrary.com
		And since past history indicates that it's highly unlikely that two pure relievers are going to be elected together, every vote for Sutter is effectively a vote against Rich Gossage.
		Accolades for the three were mixed, with Gossage and Fingers being essentially equal and Wilhelm trailing behind.
		Gossage was a 9-time All-Star and compiled two top-10 MVP finishes and five top-10 Cy Young finishes.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/submit/White_Paul11.stm (1212 words)

	Goose doesn't deserve this shutout
		Gossage was the closer of the '70s and early '80s.
		And as much as you don't want Gossage to have to tell you, he's absolutely right to say Mariano Rivera, great as he is, doesn't have the same job description he did.
		But all you have to do is recognize Gossage pitched 10 years more than Sutter and his ERA was still 3.04, just.18 higher than his freshly elected colleague.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2006/01/11/sports-buscemacolumngoose-01-11.html (663 words)

	Shopping - Products by Point To Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gossage still holds the NL record for a reliever with his 151 strikeouts for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1977.
		Rich Gossage has hand signed 8X10 photograph of him pitching for the New York Yankees.
		Rich Gossage has hand signed this official MLB baseball.
	www.fortune3.com /~comp76372/Products-201.html (992 words)

	The Connecticut Post Online - Sutter should go in with Gossage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gossage's inclusion would have added some zest to the festivities — the two best closers of the late 1970s and early '80s getting plaques together, receiving their due for not only performance, but making the job glamorous for a next generation of pitchers.
		Gossage was famous for his scowl, Fu Manchu mustache and nasty fastball that became scarier when he aimed high-and-tight.
		Sutter and Gossage often entered a game in the seventh inning and did the work it takes two or three pitchers to accomplish today.
	www.connpost.com /mikepuma/ci_3394528 (894 words)

	Relief in sight: Hall may go to bullpen - Boston.com
		With no strong first-year candidates, Sutter, fellow reliever Rich Gossage and outfielder Jim Rice appear to be the players most likely to gain election among the 29 on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot.
		Gossage, like Fingers known for his mustache, is 16th with 310 saves -- he also made 37 starts, all in his first six seasons.
		Rice had 307 in his 11th appearance, up from 276, and Gossage got 285 in his sixth time on the ballot, an increase from 206.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2006/01/09/relief_in_sight_hall_may_go_to_bullpen?mode=PF (815 words)

	ORU Golden Eagles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rich "Goose" Gossage will be the featured speaker at the 2006 Diamond Dinner
		TULSA—Nine-time All-Star Rich "Goose" Gossage is scheduled to be the featured speaker at the fifth annual John A. Ferguson Diamond Dinner Benefitting ORU Baseball, Sunday, January 29th at the Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills.
		Gossage helped lead the Yankees to a World Series title in 1978 and an American League pennant in 1981, and also led the Padres to a National League pennant and World Series appearance in 1984.
	www.orugoldeneagles.com /index.php?url_channel_id=1&url_subchannel_id=&url_publish_channel_id=3856&well_id=2 (297 words)

	DenverPost.com - Goose simmers another year
		It was a figure that Rich "Goose" Gossage was likely to elicit when he took the mound in the seventh inning with a narrow lead, two outs and runners on the corners.
		For the seventh year, Gossage came up short in the voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America for selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Rich "Goose" Gossage, shown working as a guest instructor for the Colorado Rockies at spring training in 2003, received 64.6 percent of the vote on this year's Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
	www.denverpost.com /rockies/ci_3396733 (871 words)

	Baseball Hall of Fame thread - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		Ryne Sandberg, Bruce Sutter, Jim Rice, Andre Dawson and Rich Gossage head the returning players on the ballots, which will be mailed this week to eligible voters in the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
		Sutter and Gossage should have been in years ago, and Smith will never get in once the current crop of closers start passing him in saves.
		Gossage and Sutter are obviously two of the most important relief pitchers in history.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=74295 (3763 words)

	Goose Gossage quiz -- free game
		Gossage was the only person to play through all eight MLB work stoppages.
		In 1990, a work stoppage allowed Gossage the chance to pitch in Japan.
		Gossage was the last person Pete Rose ever faced.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=185306 (110 words)

	NevadaNews - University of Nevada, Reno
		One of the best relief pitchers in baseball during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the 6-foot, 226-pound Rich Gossage had an intimidating look on the mound because of his size, his fierce scowl, and his cowboy-style mustache.
		Rich “Goose” Gossage, one of baseball’s best relief pitchers will be the keynote speaker at the University of Nevada Wolf Pack’s 22nd Annual Bobby Dolan Baseball Dinner on Wednesday, February 1, 2006.
		One of the best relief pitchers in baseball during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the 6-foot, 226-pound Gossage had an intimidating look on the mound because of his size, his fierce scowl, and his cowboy-style mustache.
	www.unr.edu /news/detail.aspx?id=1406 (378 words)

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