NEW YORK ” Goose Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball’s highest honor Tuesday in his ninth try on the ballot. Known for his overpowering fastball, ...

NEW YORK -- Goose Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball's highest honor Tuesday in his ninth try on the ballot. Known for his overpowering fastball ...

Oct. 2, 1978. Fenway Park, home of the rival Boston Red Sox. The New York Yankees can either win and continue in the playoffs or lose and go home. Their fate lies in the right hand of a young pitcher ...

Here’s the pitch: "An Evening with Goose” will feature storytelling and the opportunity for Q&A with the Colorado Springs native and Baseball Hall of Famer (inducted in 2008). The dinner event ...

With his supersize Fu Manchu mustache and seething scowl, former major league baseball pitcher Richard (Goose) Gossage scared the stirrups off hitters 30 years ago. Now 54, the Goose is firing 100 m.p ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – In the middle of short sentences, Rich "Goose" Gossage's face, still splashed by the mustache only he and a few others can pull off, would betray the old tough guy with the big ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- For more than two decades, Rich "Goose" Gossage unnerved batters as one of baseball's most menacing and dominating relief pitchers. On Sunday, it was his turn for the jitters.

Closing games for all those years taught Rich Gossage the value of a short memory, and maybe a little too well. Because it's early January, the time of year when National Baseball Hall of Fame voting ...

NEW YORK -- Goose Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball's highest honor Tuesday in his ninth try on the ballot. Known for his overpowering fastball ...

Goose Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball’s highest honor today in his ninth try on the ballot. Known for his overpowering fastball, fiery ...