Hey Goose, you big stud.

Rich "Goose" Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball's highest honor Tuesday on his ninth try on the ballot.

Known for his overpowering fastball, fiery temperament and bushy mustache, the Goose received 466 of 543 votes (85.8 percent) from 10-year members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Gossage was the only player voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2008 ballot. Jim Rice, who has just one year remaining on the ballot, finished just 16 votes short of induction.

The fact that Jim Rice or Andre Dawson have yet to get into the HOF is a joke. Tim Raines, who is arguably the 2nd best lead-off hitter of all time should be in as well. This was his first year on the ballot, so hopefully by year 3 or 4 enough of the baseball writers will come to their senses.

Other notables include Mark Mcgwire, who received 23% of the vote might want to take interest in this whole Clemens fiasco. If Roger can clear himself in some way within the public forum McGwire might have a chance to sneak in. Personally, I don't think McGwire should get in, specifically because his career is based on steroids. Without them and he is Dave Kingman that makes slightly more contact. Jack Morris, like Andrew Dawson and Jim Rice, are victims of when they played. All should be in the Hall.

I love that guys like Travis Fryman get 2 votes, and Shawon Dunston and Chuck Knoblach get a vote each. At some point during their careers, they each were considered a top player at their position, if not the top. If there was a Hall of Fame for bloggers, I think I might end up like Jim Rice.

I'm a legend in my time, yet severly underrated.