XM MLB Chat: Comments about Goose Gossage criticism of Roger Clemens

Baseball Think Factory posted an article about recent criticism of Roger Clemens by Goose Gossage. Following are a few comments about Gossage:

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 10:00 PM (#4163157)

2. JJ1986 Posted: June 21, 2012 at 10:01 PM (#4163158)

"Who is the second most insufferable Hall of Famer? Is anyone close to Gossage?" Sandberg's pretty bad.

8. marko Posted: June 21, 2012 at 10:09 PM (#4163178)

Gossage criticizes Clemens because of steroids, but admits that he himself would have used them if he had the chance. Good stuff.

51. Clarence Thomas is a Reyne of Castamere (scott) Posted: June 22, 2012 at 06:23 AM (#4163399)

Btw, I remain stunned that Gossage is in the hall considering that by the time of his election, 2008, his numbers looked like crap in comparison to a whole lot of modern day relievers. Now THAT is a situation where no hyperbole is too great. Gossage's induction was worse than Auschwitz, Tamurlane, and Ghenghis Khan COMBINED."

Related: Gossage was suspended from the Padres for criticizing the team's drug policy. 9/3/1986, "Goose's Specialty Isn't Golden Eggs, Nor Golden Arches," LA Times, Scott Ostler

"Rich (Silly Goose) Gossage, the noted relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres, is in trouble with the front office. Padre president Ballard Smith has suspended Silly Goose for the remainder of the season....Silly Goose got mad at Smith because Smith indicated that the team would not sign free agents with a drug history or those who refused testing. Gossage got even madder when Smith banned beer in the Padre clubhouse in early July. So Gossage called Smith "spineless and gutless.""

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