Emotions high for Williams, Gossage

Inductees will strive to control feelings during ceremony COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Dick Williams and Rich "Goose" Gossage said their primary concern for Sunday's induction ceremony at the National Hall of Fame is to keep their emotions in check. The yardstick seems to be the 180-second speech delivered in 2001 by Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski, who broke down in tears and left the stage behind the Clark Sports Center, never to return on that day. "Tony Gwynn told me the other day when you look at your family you're going to break down," Williams said, referring to the man who was inducted last year along with Cal Ripken Jr. and played along with Gossage on the Williams' managed Padres that won the 1984 National League pennant. "Then he said, 'Pick out a tree and talk to the tree.' And that's what I'm planning on doing. I... [read full story]