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Mack Avenue Tigers found this 1/8/2008 on www.baseballmusings.com [flag]
Congratulations to Goose Gossage on his election to the Hall of Fame: Goose Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball's highest honor Tuesday on his ninth try on the ballot. Known for... [link]

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Trammell, Morris denied Hall again
Published 1/8/2008 by Kurt at Mack Avenue Tigers
... or the hall myself. But I tend to be a guy who doesn’t see the need for official recognitions or awards either. Whether they be movie, music, TV or sports, awards just never seem to jive with what people see as reality. It’s a bunch of hooey when you get right down to it. Other opinions: The Wayne Fontes Experience More: I forgot to mention Goose Gossage got in; nobody else did. Should have done more blog research before posting. Baseball Musings points to Baseball Crank, which has a trend analysis. So we can see ...

The Goose is Loose
Published 1/8/2008 by James at YanksBlog.com
Hat tip to David Pinto who notes that Goose Gossage gets into the Hall of Fame with 86% of the vote . Jim Rice came the closest to getting in (though I personally am unsure that he deserves a berth in the HoF). Bert Blyleven jumped from last year to garnering 62% of the vote this year and hopefully, at some point,the writers will realize that he belongs. I am really disappointed at the showings for McGwire and Raines though. ...

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

MVNsoccer posted 1/8/2008 from web.baseballhalloffame.org

Located on Main Street in the heart of picturesque Cooperstown, New York, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the country's most popular destinations and is surely the best-known sports shrine in the world. Standing as a three-story red brick building on Main Street in the center of Coopersto wn, the Museum opened its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939.
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BASEBALL: The Hall Feels The Need For Speed

Baseball Musings found this 1/8/2008 on baseballcrank.com

Goose Gossage goes in - Rice just misses - Dawson finishes third. Vote totals to follow; WFAN says 72% for Rice, 65% for Dawson. My case for the Goose here . Full voting here . Six Year Voting Trend: PLAYER 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  ...
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Goose Gossage Finds Baseball Hall of Fame

Babes Love Baseball found this 1/8/2008 on www.intentionalfoul.com

The man with the mustache, Rich “Goose” Gossage, became only the fifth ever relief pitcher to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . It was Gossage’s ninth year of eligibility. Goose, known as a hard-throwing fastballer, ...
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Blyleven Snubbed Again

Babes Love Baseball found this 1/8/2008 on www.twinkietown.com

MLB.com Congratulations to Goose Gossage.  Keep checking MLB.com for updates, and post your thoughts here. Sorry, Bert.  We still heart you. Initial Reactions Bert Blyleven received 336 votes, or 61.9%. I really am shocked. I shouldn't ...
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Gossage Gets In; Raines Not Close

Defensive Indifference found this 1/9/2008 on vegaswatch.net

(I wanted this post to have the same background as the BBWAA site , but have no idea how to do that, which is extremely unfortunate.) Here are the full voting results: It is frustrating that each individual ballot isn't made public. The person who ...
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