Goose Gossage: "They shouldn't even have a Hall of Fame if Dick Allen isn't in it"

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

With Dick Allen up for the Hall of Fame on Sunday, we're bringing back two memorable conversations Chuck Garfien had with his former White Sox teammate Goose Gossage who doesn't hold back explaining why Allen belongs in the Hall of Fame. Gossage talks about how Allen took him under his wing as a rookie in 1972 and tells stories about some of his most majestic home runs. Later, Chuck states the case for Allen to join Gossage in Cooperstown.

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0:00.0	How do you think Dick Allen should be remembered?
0:03.5	Well, he needs to be in the Hall of Fame.
0:06.5	They shouldn't even have a Hall of Fame if Dick Allen isn't in it.
0:10.2	Let me tell you, Chuck, you know, you look up badass in the Fri-Dictionary.
0:16.0	This was a badass.
0:19.1	Yeah.
0:19.6	This was a badass. Yes. This was a badass.
0:21.9	Yes.
0:22.7	I agree with you.
0:23.8	He is a bad ass.
0:28.2	That's it.
0:29.2	I don't know how else to...
0:31.0	He is a frickin' stud.
0:33.3	In the eight years of doing this podcast, covering almost 1,000 episodes, there hasn't really been a guest quite like Goose Gossich. He's an all-timer, one of one. And when it comes to Goose, talking about his former White Sox teammate, Dick Allen, joining him in the Hall of Fame.
0:56.6	You'll find no one on the planet who loves and appreciates Dick Allen more than Goose Gossage,
1:03.3	and nobody pounds the table harder to get Alan into the Hall of Fame than Goose, as you are about to hear.
1:13.2	Hey, everybody, it's Chuck Garfin.
1:14.9	Welcome back to the White Sox podcast.
1:17.1	And with Dick Allen, back on the ballot for the Hall of Fame, on Sunday at the winter meetings,
1:24.2	he's missed by one vote, the last two times the classic baseball era committee has voted.
1:30.3	I thought this would be a great time to bring back two of my interviews with Goose on the podcast.
1:38.3	Our first conversation was back in 2020. Soon after Dick Allen passed away at the age of 78, Goose gets choked up,
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