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Richard Michael "Goose" Gossage (born July 5, 1951) is an American former baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1972 and 1994. He pitched for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres .
The image of Kirk Gibson with his arms raised above his head after hitting a 3-run home run in the 1984 World Series has become the iconic symbol of the Tigers' 1984 season. The blast came off Goose Gossage, the best reliever in the National League, in the 8th inning of the 5th and final game. It put the Tigers ahead, 8–4, and sealed the ...
Indeed, Gossage had struck out Gibson in his very first Major League at-bat in 1979 on three pitches, and Kirk had only managed one bunt-single against Gossage in 10 previous plate appearances. [12] When asked about Gibson, Gossage later said he had told teammate Tim Lollar in the second inning, "I own him."
Kirk Gibson came to the plate in the bottom of the eighth for the Tigers with runners on second and third and one out. Gibson had homered earlier in the game, and Padres manager Dick Williams strolled to the mound to talk to Goose Gossage, seemingly with the purpose of ordering him to walk Gibson intentionally. Just before the at-bat, Gibson ...
Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson went to talk to Kennedy and allowed Kennedy to pitch to Fielder with first base open. This was considered by some observers an eerie case of déjà vu for Gibson, who had been in the same situation at the plate in the 1984 World Series when Goose Gossage chose to pitch to Gibson with 1st base open, and gave up a ...
Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees sounded and felt just like Kirk Gibson's iconic World Series home run.
The Division Series were approved by team owners on August 6 in response to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, [1] which caused the cancellation of roughly one-third of the regular season between June 12 and August 9; by the time play was resumed, it was decided that the best approach was to have the first-half leaders automatically qualify ...
The 1981 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff baseball series in Major League Baseball's 1981 postseason played between the American League East champion New York Yankees and the American League West champion Oakland Athletics from October 13–15 to determine the American League champion for the 1981 Major League Baseball season.