Former Major League Baseball relief pitcher Goose Gossage news
@Deepizzaguy (122336)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 17, 2017 5:46pm CST
Former Major League Baseball relief pitcher Rich "Goose" Gossage who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1972-1994 does not like to be compared to closers like former New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera and current Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman.
Gossage describes the role of a closer in today's baseball as "one inning guys" instead of his body of work where he pitched up to three innings as a relief pitcher for several teams in the Major Leagues.
One deal I will say about Gossage, he is not afraid to call out baseball relief pitchers as being "babied" by their managers of their baseball teams for limiting the amount of innings pitched during regular season games today compared to his era. I like that.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Feb 17
I agree with the Goose. Closers used to do 2 or 3 innings (they make a big deal when that's done these days) and the term "fireman" for closers was derived from putting out the fire meaning they only came in when necessary and not part of the automatic scheme of starter, middleman, set up man and closer.
@teamfreak16 (43668)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Feb 17
He grew up and still lives here in Colorado Springs. By all accounts, he's a really nice guy. And he's not wrong.
