goose-gossage Stories - Bluebird Banter
10/02/1978 - Bucky bleepin' Dent hits homer
The Boston Red Sox capped off the largest mid-season collapse in history with a loss to the New York Yankees, and a home run to a complete nobody.Sixty years after winning their last championship, Boston had made the postseason only three times. This was before the creation of the wildcard spot in...
Friday Rockpile: While Manny Ramirez serves suspension, NL West opens for other teams (or so some hope)
Who's saying what about Manny Ramirez's suspension? From this Troy Renck article: "From his uniform number, to his uniform to his hair, he's a joke. A clown," said Hall of Famer Rich "Goose" Gossage, the most accomplished player in Colorado history. "To get caught with all the testing they do...
Sunday Rockpile: Real baseball starts tonight!
So who is Jason Hammel, anyway? Let me just start off by reminding people that historically and recently, trading for once promising power arms that have disappointed thus far in the majors are among Dan O'Dowd's best work as GM of the Rockies. In 2006 we saw him bring in Jeremy Affeldt from...
AN Interviews Oakland A's GM Billy Beane: Spring Training 09 Edition Part III
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Hall of Fame Notes
Goose Gossage and Dick Williams were inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame today. Gossage threw hard and harder. He intimidated. Of course the one pitch I remember seeing him throw was a fastball he threw to George Brett in the 1980 ALCS that Brett hit out. A three run homer that put the Royals...
Open Thread, 7/27: Padres vs Pirates and HOF Induction Day
Jake Peavy takes the morning game today. At the same time, two of the more influential, but less memorialized former Padres enter the Hall of Fame today in the form of Goose Gossage and Dick Williams. Padres memories will once again abound at the Hall of Fame Induction ceremony this year. Dick...
Sunday Applesauce
A couple of small nuggets about Raul Ibanez, who may be the Mets' top outfield target now that Casey Blake has landed in Los Angeles and Xavier Nady was shipped to the Bronx. Jason Bay is far more attractive than Ibanez -- and is right-handed to boot -- but will be pretty expensive considering his...
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