GOOSE: JOBA BELONGS BACK IN BULLPEN

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Baseball Today: Friday, July 18
Published 7/18/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS, HAVEN'T WE? Maybe so, but Goose Gossage -- a full-employment service for reporters these days -- wants Joba Chamberlain back in the bullpen. (New York Post) ...

Yanks have "sexy" new first baseman
Published 7/18/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... , not the first-place Sox. We're fine with however the club can get into the postseason. There's no shame in the Wild Card -- there are going to be a bunch of other teams on the outside looking in, wishing they could have squeaked in as the Wild Card. Kevin Kernan spoke with Goose Gossage , who reiterated his feelings that Joba should be in the the pen. We love Goose, but his comment that "... they can get most anybody to be a starter today" is way off base. We'd much rather read his complimentary quotes toward Boss George, such as "... there isn't another owner that was ...

Hall of Fame includes post season, eg. Gossage has 318 'total saves' not 310
Published 30 days ago by susan mullen (noreply@blogger.com) at XM MLB Chat
Hall of Fame evaluation is different from Cy Young evaluation. Goose Gossage's post season record is routinely excluded in media reports, eg Kevin Kernan in the NY Post recently wrote Gossage had 310 saves but ...