The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is pleased to announce the formation of the Goose Gossage Award.
Starting with the 2010 Major League Baseball season, the Goose
Gossage Award will be a postseason award given to the top relief pitcher
in each league. "It's
hard to picture anyone more worthy of having his name on an award such
as this," said BBA founder Daniel Shoptaw. "Mr. Gossage embodies what so many people think of as the
classic relief pitcher, and the BBA is honored that he has agreed to lend his name
to this award."
Richard "Goose" Gossage was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008 after a 22-year
major league career in which he had 310 career saves and recorded a 3.01 ERA
in 1,002 games played. He was a nine-time All-Star, finished among the
top vote-getters for the Cy Young Award in five different seasons, and
was named the 1978 Rolaids Relief Man of the Year.
The Goose Gossage Award will be voted on by the membership of the BBA. Team
chapters will have two votes each for either the American or National
League ballot. The General Baseball chapter will vote in a manner
determined by its members.
"While we held award votes mirroring those of the Baseball Writers' Association of America did award voting following at the end of the 2009 season, we did not have a
separate award for relievers," stated Shoptaw. "With the popularity of that voting, we decided
that it was important to differentiate ourselves from other voting
organizations. With the addition of the Goose Gossage Award we have
taken the first step in that direction."
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance was formed in 2009
and numbers 142 blogs across baseball, representing 29 of the 30 major
league teams and including numerous general baseball blogs. Award balloting for the BBA is a
transparent process, as no ballot is counted unless it is posted on the
voter's blog.
The official website of the BBA is located at www.
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