Goose Gossage has fallen into the trap that the media likes
to set. Gossage was interviewed by ESPN’s Andrew Marchand earlier in the month
and he had a few one-liners that became instant news headlines. He called
Yoenis Cespedes and Jose Bautista a disgrace, with a few expletives thrown in
between, and also called anyone who went to Harvard or studied analytics a
“nerd.” Goose is talking again and he’s not holding back this time either, the
Goose is still on the loose!
This time Goose was speaking with Kevin Kernan of the New
York Post and he reiterated what he said in the ESPN interview. Goose also went
out and took a shot at Cam Newton, the Carolina Panthers quarterback in the
NFL, saying “it’s a shame, it breaks my heart to see the direction this game is
going. What, do we want a bunch of Cam Newton’s running around?”
Goose also doesn’t like instant replay although he still
does like using the “F” word just as an FYI. Goose was quoted as saying “Now
you sit there for five minutes and wait for a f***ing replay. And half the time
you can’t even tell.” Goose went on to also say “who’s died in the last 100
years because of a bad call? Well, they lost a World Series and the kid lost
his perfect game. Who died? Leave the human element in the game. You cannot
take the human element out of baseball because it is the fabric of the game.
Oh and Bryce Harper is fair game too. “What does this kid
know? This kid doesn’t know squat about the game, and no respect for it.” And
Goose what are you doing exactly? Representing the game, a kid’s game that many
children follow, and representing the Yankees and the Hall of Fame by dropping
f-bombs every other word in every interview that you are doing every other day?
You didn’t hear my last post obviously or take it to heart so I’ll put it in a
language you can understand and relate to.
Goose, shut the **** up. You’re embarrassing yourself nerd.
You, my friend, are the disgrace and you are better than this. You’re a Yankee,
an advocate for the game, an adult and a role model to children. Act like it or
go home. And I don’t condone the use of that kind of language and frankly I
only used it to drive home a point with you directly, truth be told I have the
utmost respect for you as a person and as a ballplayer, but as a fan your act
is getting old. Don’t give in to the machine that is the media because they
don’t care about you or what you have to say. They just want you to get fired
up, use the “F” word, and sell some papers or subscriptions to their blogs.
That’s all. Be better than that.
