This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK – CIRCA 1981: Rich Gossage #54 of ...

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.

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 ...

Goose's wait finally ended Tuesday, but Jim Rice's got a little bit longer. Rich "Goose" Gossage, who pitched 22 years for nine Major League Baseball teams, earned election to the National Baseball ...

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 ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Rich “Goose” Gossage, pictured here at a media event in 2011 in New York, is 20th on the MLB career saves list with 310. Gossage spoke at a fundraiser for the Laurel Dodgers ...

Closers, you?re up. By earning 85.8 percent of the vote, pioneer reliever Rich “Goose” Gossage was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday, becoming just the fifth reliever voted to the ...

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 ...

USA manager Rich ‘Goose’ Gossage waves to the crowd prior to the start of the All-Star Futures game at Minute Maid Park in Houston, in this July 11, 2004 file photo. Gossage was elected to the ...