Gray Goose still scary

"He would snort, just coming at you with everything he had," recalls — not fondly — one batter who had to face Rich Gossage. The Colorado Rockies' fantasy baseball camp doesn't exactly sound like the ideal setting to understand Rich Gossage, but there's a story you should hear. Gossage, then in his 50s, fell back into character as he stood on a mound in Tucson, Ariz. He still popped the glove, and didn't like giving up hits. So when an inning got a little sideways and the next hitter got a little too comfortable, Gossage became the Goose. "He was nasty. He hit a girl in fantasy camp. Yes, he did!" Rockies manager Clint Hurdle recalled. "I said, 'What the [heck] are you doing?' He said she kept moving forward and that he wanted to move her off the plate a little bit. I said 'For the love of God, Goose. You broke her hand.' "... [read full story]