Goose Gossage (elected 2008): Gossage spent 22 years in the big leagues with nine different teams. He was with the Mariners at the very end of his career, going 3-0 with a 4.18 ERA in 1994.

And, possibly more tellingly, in 2007, another closer, Goose Gossage went from 71.2% to 85.8% to gain induction. Depending on who you ask, Wagner’s Hall of Fame case is not a slam dunk ...

The Yankees are reviving a tradition that once marked their Spring Training experience as unique and special, inviting a longer list of iconic players as guest instructors.

Ortiz joins Harold Baines (who played for Appleton in 1977) and Goose Gossage (who played for Appleton in 1970) as Hall of Famers who played minor-league ball in Appleton. The Foxes changed their ...