DISQUS

Max Kliman · 1 year ago

Jim Rice definately should be in the hall. He had great numbers and was a great team player. Even Goose Gossage who did make the hall said that Rice was one of the scariest hitters he had ever faced. I don't see any reasons that say he shouldn't belong. I really hope that he will make it next year. He definaely deserves it.

Max

pasta diving lugo · 1 year ago

What Goose actually said:
"It's a joke that Kirby Puckett went in on the first ballot and Jim Rice is still not in. If Jim Rice had played in the Metrodome, he'd have torn the place down and that's nothing against Kirby Puckett. That's just the way it is." - His opinion on the 2006 Hall of Fame election after fellow closer Bruce Sutter made it and Jim Rice finished second (just ahead of him) at 64.8%.

Other Goose Gossage Quotes That Deserve To Be Bronzed In Cooperstown

On George Steinbrenner and Sports Writers:
"Negative bull----! Everything you guys write. These dumb mother------- in the seats read. You mother------- with the f---ing tape recorders. Go on. Turn it on and take it upstairs to the fat man!"

On beer beer in the Padres clubhouse:
"Joan Kroc is poisoning the world with her hamburgers and we can't even get a lousy beer." - Kroc's husband, Ray, built the McDonald's empire.

On today's baseball:
"I couldn't pitch today. It's a soft game. When was the last time Barry Bonds got knocked on his (butt)? They want to play home run derby. They should just take the pitcher off the mound and set the ball up on a tee because that's what they're playing - tee ball." -

On steroids:
"They weren't around in my time, but if they were, who am I to say I wouldn't have tried them. The money temptation is too great."