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The Goose Is Loose : An Autobiography by Russ Pate and Richard Goose Gossage (2000, Hardcover)

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Every baseball fan knows Goose Gossage as one of the great relief pitchers of all time. But in his amazingly rich memoir, Gossage reveals that he is also one of the best--and funniest--writers in sports. Wisecracking, warmhearted, endlessly entertaining, Gossage has a million hilarious stories, and in The Goose Is Loose he tells them all with incomparable wit and style. Goose Gossage's major league career commenced inauspiciously in 1972 when the skinny twenty-year-old kid from Colorado nearly decapitated Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks. Twenty-two years later, the Goose--a veteran of nine ball clubs--had become a legend himself: a dominating relief pitcher whose live fastball registered at the upper limit of the radar gun. But Goose also emerged as a genuine character with his trademark Fu Manchu mustache, unflinching stare, and the ecstatic shouts of "GOOOOOOSE!" that greeted him whenever he took the mound. Now Gossage recounts the highs and lows of those twenty-two incredible years. Here are his encounters with legends like Ernie Banks, Dick Allen, Mickey Mantle, Carl Yazstremski, Nolan Ryan, and Ken Griffey, Jr. Here is the story of how the Goose became a hot property at the age of twenty-six, only to stumble badly when he started playing with the Yankees. But Gossage bounced back and rose to the heights of Yankee stardom during the wild and crazy "Bronx Zoo" years of the late seventies and early eighties. It's all here. Shower fights with Cliff Johnson; the running feuds with Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner; the big move from the Yankees to the Padres; the notorious "beer in the clubhouse" showdown with Padres owner Joan Kroc; the constant antics with fun-loving teammates like Terry Forster and Thurman Munson. Baseball's lore, gossip, and salty tales come alive with an insider's savvy and a stand-up comic's flawless sense of timing. What a piece of luck for readers and sports fans alike that baseball's unrivaled relief pitcher should also have perfect aim as a writer.

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345430689
ISBN-13
9780345430687
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1620928

Product Key Features

Book Title
Goose Is Loose : an Autobiography
Author
Richard Goose Gossage, Russ Pate
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Reference, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
352 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.6 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Gv865.G64a3 2000
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-055977
Dewey Decimal
796.357/092 B
Dewey Edition
21

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The Goose Is Loose : An Autobiography by Russ Pate and Richard Goose Gossage (2000, Hardcover)

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