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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

George Brett hit a three-run homer off Goose Gossage in the 1980 ALCS helped the Royals clinch the AL pennant. THE STAR George Brett had arguably the biggest home run in Royals history and the most ...

Relief pitching pioneer to be enshrined today after being passed over eight times. Rich “Goose” Gossage speaks during a news conference in Cooperstown, N.Y., Saturday. Gossage, who recorded 310 saves ...

Gossage was a member of the World Series champion New York Yankees in 1978. All told, he played for nine clubs, including stints with the Yankees from 1978-1983 and part of the 1989 season. Goose was ...

Hall of Fame relief pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage signed autographs for College World Series fans outside TD Ameritrade Park on Sunday. Gossage was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008. He ...

Phillips may have been the last hitter the Rays wanted in a do-or-die situation in the World Series. But he delivered one of the most memorable hits in team history to win Game 4. By Tyler Kepner When ...

George Brett had arguably the biggest home run in Royals history and the most famous one. Those are not one in the same. The former came in the 1980 American League Championship Series when Brett ...