 Tuesday, January 08, 2008
The Goose Finally Gets the Biggest Save of All - The Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Yankees closer Rich "The Goose" Gossage was finally granted entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame earlier today.
This may have been Goose's last best chance as Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn were enshrined last year and Rickey Henderson looms on the horizon next year. Though deserving, former Red Sox star Jim Rice also just missed entry. Rice was rarely media friendly, perhaps a contributing factor in the voters minds.
But for today and this summer, Goose will stand alone as the only player inducted in Cooperstown. (His former Padres manager Dick Williams joins him by the Veterans Committee vote last month.) When today's relievers only go an inning, Goose went two or more innings to get the save. Along with Lee Smith and others, Goose set the standard that Mariano Rivera and others live by. Congratulations Goose! See you in Cooperstown.
Posted by a grateful Tank in NY.
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