Gossage, Williams and the 1984 Padres
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... this past weekend during their induction into the Hall of Fame. Gossage entered the hall wearing a Yankees hat, as he should have, although it’s worth mentioning he also played for both Chicago teams, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle. And like Gossage, Williams, a Yankees scout for 10 years, made sure to give longtime Yanks owner George Steinbrenner a nice plug for the Hall -- which stole plenty of headlines in The Big Apple . But what got lost in most of the mainstream media coverage of Sunday’s ceremony was the San Diego connection ...
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nytimes.com - 7/28/2008
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Yankees gathered in the Fenway clubhouse to watch Goose Gossage’s induction speech, in which he stumped for George Steinbrenner to have a plaque at the Hall of Fame. >
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