After nine years of Hall Of Fame eligibility Goose Gossage finally made the Hall. I have no idea what took so long. He is one of the greatest relief pictures in MLB history. He is also from and still lives in Colorado Springs.
I did have the pleasure of meeting Goose some years ago. I was in college at the time. Some friends and I were hanging out in a sports bar. It was my turn to buy a round and the waitress wasn't around so I went up to the bar. While waiting for the bartender to get my order I noticed a tall man with a Fu-Man-Cho mustache standing next to me. I instantly recognized that it was Goose Gossage. I looked around to see if anyone else had noticed. To my surprise no one did. I proceeded to introduce myself and ask for an autograph. He was very cool about my request. He signed a bar napkin for me and didn't seem to mind talking shop for a few minutes with me. Once I went back to the table where my friends were and told them who was at the bar my friends went for an autograph. At this time other people started to notice and before long Goose was surrounded by a lot of people.
I still have that autograph and it might be worth a little more as of today.
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