Goose Gossage is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[laststeamtrain]

Goose Gossage is lone member of 2008 class; Morris, Trammell snubbed

January 8, 2008

FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES

NEW YORK — 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 his overpowering fastball, fiery temperament and bushy mustache, the Goose received 466 of 543 votes (85.8 percent) from 10-year members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

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[geardaddy]

1. That's an unfortunate domain name.

:scared:

[Fierce]

2. But not Blyleven!

ARGH!

Congrats to Goose. It's hard to get in as a reliever -- he deserves the honor.

[Johonny]

16. Clearly

He's the best player left out still. The Rock should have gotten more support in his first year.

[FSogol]

3. Dawson got robbed. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. Goooooooooose!!!!!! Loud round of applause here!

He was Fantastic! (needless to say I'm a Yankee fan)

[laststeamtrain]

11. Sorry 'bout that Yankees thing. Nobody's perfect.

I feel so good that Goose is in there. Bodes well for the nation.

[Lugnut]

28. I'm a Yankee fan too.

Gooooooooose! :applause:

[leftofthedial]

5. and about damned time too!

way to go Goose!

:toast:

[wilt the stilt]

6. when closers

came in with men on base and got them out. a real fireman.

[laststeamtrain]

9. A gun fighter. Like one of the Magnificent Seven.

Maybe it's OK if he struck you out, at least he didn't kill you.

I love the closers.

[maveric]

7. Where's Lee Smith with 478 saves?

And no Jim Rice?
What a joke!

[begin_within]

8. I like Goose

[H2O Man]

10. Good.

He was a blast to watch.

[laststeamtrain]

13. "He was a blast to watch." Gawd yes, he had it down. An artist. n/t

[Fading Captain]

12. Gossage over Dawson? Rice? Morris?

Steroids have blow stats out of perspective, robbing the baseball greats of my youth the recognition they deserve

Oh well.

I stopped caring years ago anyway

[brentspeak]

19. As excellent a player as Jim Rice was, Boston fans used to call him "Mr. 6-4-3"

for his alleged knack of hitting into rally-killing double-plays. I think he got a bum rap on that, though.

[fishwax]

22. I think he deserves it quite a bit more than Morris

Rice was robbed, though--next year is his last chance, too ...

[Javaman]

14. "Known for his overpowering fastball" and done without steriods. :)

Thanks Goose :) you deserve it.

[rockymountaindem]

15. Well, a good day for Colorado Springs then

He's been all over the news here the past couple of days.

[MnFats]

17. Jack Morris should be in there if only on the basis of his 10-inning shutout of Atlanta

in the seventh game of the '91 series, seen by many as one of the best series ever.
Morris was a man of steel.....and that was one of the most exciting games ever!

[Fading Captain]

21. I grew up across the river from Detroit

I hated the Tigers.

But Morris was the best pitcher of his era.

He'd win 2-0 or 8-5. Didn't matter. He just won.

[Johonny]

25. This is wrong

He won more games in the 70s than any other pitcher. That and his game 7 are all he has going for him. Since his career overlapped Clemens, Blyleven, John, Ryan, Maddux, Glavin, Viola, Saberhagen, Cone... it's hard to argue he was better than most or any of these pitchers. Thus he clearly wasn't the best pitcher of his era. His hall of fame monitoring stats on baseballreference.com point out he's on the edge of what voters generally put in the hall of fame. Score above the average HoF on only 2/4. Thus it's no surprise voters haven't been rushing to put him in. He might get in but it's going to take a Sutter, Gossage, Rice type slow climbing up the vote percentage year after year.

[fishwax]

31. do you mean the 80s?

He won more games in the 70s than any other pitcher.

Since he only won about 20 games in the 70s I assume you did--I didn't know that about him, but it's interesting.

I agree with you that he's marginal for the hall ...

[fishwax]

23. that was an amazing game and an amazing series

I agree with those who think it was the best ever, though as a long-time braves fan, I was pretty bummed about how it turned out ...

[XOKCowboy]

18. Good for him!

He really deserves it. He was always fun to watch. In the late 70s he was also a sign of the times. A maverick who got in fights, did things his own way and was anti-establishment that could and did win the important games.

Good for you Goose. It's about time.

[CorpGovActivist]

20. The Goose Is LOOSE! WOO HOO! n/t

[EFerrari]

24. Cool!

:applause:

[robertpaulsen]

26. As a Dodger fan, Goose was someone I loved to hate around October.

But I had to respect him. Congratulations Goose!

[laststeamtrain]

27. There ya go. That's a good measure. n/t

[frylock]

29. that means trevor is a lock..

big ups to the Goose!!

[two gun sid]

30. Congratulations, Goose!

I loved watching him pitch.

[MnFats]

32. trivia question: how'd he get the name "Goose?"

I really don't know, so somebody help me out....