chicagosports.chicagotribune.com - 7/27/2008
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| Tribune staff reporter 6:56 PM CDT, July 26, 2008 COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Goose Gossage never met a hitter he couldn't intimidate. In part, he says, that's because he never got to know them. On the day before his induction into baseball's Hall of Fame, the 57-year-old Gossage criticized modern players for allowing their personal relationships to affect the competition on the field. He said there ...
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Goose Gossage, crotchety old man
Lone Star Ball —
Goose Gossage says, in his day, you hated the players on the other team!
That's the way it was, and you liked it!
On the day before his induction into baseball's Hall of Fame, the 57-year-old Gossage criticized modern players for allowing their personal relationships to affect the competition on the field. He said there is too much "hugging and loving around the [batting] cage.'' It wasn't that way in his day.
"[Former White Sox manager] Chuck Tanner would grab you, slam you up against a locker and say, 'What are you doing talking to ...
Top O' The Order: A-Rod, Big Papi eat dinner, anger Goose
Big League Stew —
... 1. Before he delivered his induction speech on Sunday, Goose Goosage held court with reporters on Saturday and said there was too much "loving" between players on opposite sides of the field. ...
The Ladies Go Crazy For the Goose
The Sporting Blog —
... Although Goose said on Saturday that there is way too much “hugging and loving” between opponents nowadays, he clearly never had a problem with lovin’ the ladies before one of the biggest games of his career. But how can you blame him? Mary Lou is just so irresistible in that Wheaties mesh-trucker she’s rockin’. And this is waaaay before mesh hats were cool for that one summer a few years ago. That throwback Padres hat, however, will always be cool. ...
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GOSSAGE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME —
NY Post: Sports 7/27/2008
Goose Gossage smiled broadly as he held his new Hall of Fame plaque. It was nine years in the making for the dominant Yankees reliever, but he finally had his day at Cooperstown after coming up short on the ballots in his first eight attempts...
