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Stumping for Boss at Fenway and Hall
Stumping for Boss at Fenway and Hall
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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Gossage, Williams and the 1984 Padres
WCBias | West Coast Bias Sports Blog | West Coast Sports News by West Coast Sports Fans, Covering Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers and All Things West Coast — ... 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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