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Mariano Rivera the Greatest? Gossage Answers Like a Silly Goose

Posted in Baseball, Mariano Rivera, MLB, Yankees, tagged on March 11, 2013 | 7 Comments »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Mariano Rivera’s job is easy. That’s what former Yankees’ reliever Rich Gossage seems to think. And, he never misses an opportunity to say it. Instead of being a supportive alumnus, whenever Rivera’s place in history is discussed, the Goose acts more like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. […]

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Best Known for Managing 1979 Champs, Perseverance Is What Really Defined Chuck Tanner’s Long Baseball Career

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Minors, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on February 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Chuck Tanner’s place in baseball history will forever be as the patriarch of the 1979 “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates, who overcame a 3-1 deficit in the World Series to upset Earl Weaver’s Baltimore Orioles. However, it doesn’t seem fair to boil down an over 50-year baseball career to just one moment. Tanner’s baseball journey […]

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