On Jan 8, 7:10=A0pm, Hoover <Hoo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> A =A0happy =A0day =A0today =A0for =A02 =A0 real =A0"Hard =A0Asses",
=A0Dic=
k Williams and
> Richard =A0"Goose" =A0Gossage. =A0 =A0;)
>
> Dick Williams' =A0wife Norma put it very well when asked,
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 "Williams' =A0wife =A0Norma, answering the phone on Tuesday
> =A0 =A0 =A0 at their Las Vegas home, said Williams had already spoken
> =A0 =A0 =A0 to Gossage and that her husband "was just as giddy as the
> =A0 =A0 =A0 day he got into the Hall of Fame." "They just acted like two
=
=A0 =A0
> =A0 =A0 =A0 crazy little people," she said.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 "I've waited awhile, but there isn't anybody I'd rather go
in
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0with than Dick Williams." Gossage added. =A0He was a
great,=
> =A0 =A0 =A0 great manager and I really enjoyed playing for him."
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 "It's terrific, it's terrific,"said Williams about Gossage
joi=
n-
> =A0 =A0 =A0 ing him. "I got a hold of him and we were just like two
little=
=A0
> =A0 =A0 =A0 kids. =A0I'm as thrilled about him getting in as the day
they =
=A0 =A0 =A0
> =A0 =A0 =A0 called me. This is wonderful."
>
> For a 2nd staright year, the Hall of Fame ceremonies will have a
> strong San Diego influence =A0 (though Williams will go in with an
> Athletics cap, and presumably Goose as a pinstriper).
>
> Congratulations to two very deserving Honorees.
>
> Hoover
>
>
http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/news/article.jsp?ymd=3D20080104&conte...=
We all would have been shocked and angry if Tony hadn't gotten in on
the first ballot, but it would have been kind of cool if he had also
gone in this year. There would be a mini reunion of the '84 Pads in
Cooperstown, and the streets wouldn't be packed with dirty
Baltimoreans.
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