And He’s In!
Rich Gossage got accepted into the hall today with a 86% vote. Earlier this week he said that it would make his career if he got in and now his dream is a reality. As I explained in my previous post, the number of votes for him by the Baseball Writer’s Association (the group that decides who to induct) had been growing in recent years. Today he finally made it over the fence and I am sure he is very happy as well as relieved that he won’t have to go through the anxiety of finding out if he got in or not next year. The induction ceremony is on July 27, in Cooperstown, New York.
Gossage was the only player inducted in the Class of 2008. Retired Padres manager, Dick Williams, is also going to be inducted on the same day as “Goose”.The rest of the players and managers are certainly disappointed, but most of them are eligible to return. Many are keeping an eye on Mark McGwire, who only got 23.6% of the 75% (only up .1 from last year) required to get in because he is the first player accused of using steroids to try to get in.
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