Congrats to the Goose

[NYHC GIANT]

NEW YORK -- The "Goose" is on the loose in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

A year after Tony Gwynn was a first-time electee, along with Cal Ripken Jr., the induction ceremony on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y., will again have a distinct Padres flavor.

 

Rich "Goose" Gossage, who may be better known for his first tour with the Yankees (1978-83), was elected on Tuesday in his ninth year on the ballot. He'll join his former Padres manager, Dick Williams, on the stage behind the Clark Sports Center this coming summer.

 

"This was very emotional, off the charts -- I can't even describe this," Gossage said about taking the phone call telling him that he was selected. "I've waited a while, but there isn't anybody I'd rather go in with than Dick Williams. He was a great, great manager, and I really enjoyed playing for him."

 

Jim Rice, the former star of 16 seasons, all with the Red Sox, barely missed by 16 votes, as he fell 2.8 percent (72.2) below the necessary 75 percent to gain admission to the hallowed red-brick Hall on Main Street in Cooperstown. Voting trends suggest that he could very well break through in 2009, when Rickey Henderson will be an obvious first-time favorite. Rice then will be on the writers' ballot for his 15th and final year.

 

[Herc]

thank god, no more whinefests from goose about how much tougher he had it than mo rivera. that was really getting old

[Virginia Giant]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[fringe]

i heart goose. here's why:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r75KU9reHAs...toolsports.com/

 

"Take it upstairs to the fatman"