The Hall of Fame today announced that they have accepted closer Goose Gossage as their latest member. Gossage got 85.8 percent of the vote, ahead of Jim Rice (72.2), Andre Dawson (65.9), and Bert Blylevlen (61.9). Gossage finished 124-107 with 1,502 strikeouts and a 3.01 ERA. He had 310 saves in 22 twenty two seasons, 17th on the all time saves list. A bigger suprise is that Mark McGuire failed to get above 25% of the vote for the second straight year, which means that the voters don't think steroid users belong in the Hall.
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