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Hall-of-Fame reliever Goose Gossage’s relationship with Yankees won’t be improving anytime soon. In an interview with NJ.com, Gossage used the topic of Hank Steinbrenner’s death to bring up his displeasure with the current group running the Yankees — led by Hank’s brother, Hal. “When Mr. Steinbrenner passed, I remember having a discussion with a couple …
Hall-of-Fame reliever Goose Gossage’s relationship with Yankees won’t be improving anytime soon.
In an interview with NJ.com, Gossage used the topic of Hank Steinbrenner’s death to bring up his displeasure with the current group running the Yankees — led by Hank’s brother, Hal.
“When Mr. Steinbrenner passed, I remember having a discussion with a couple of the guys and everybody thought that Hank would be the guy next in line,” the 68-year-old Gossage said. “He was more like his dad, more outspoken. He didn’t mind being out in the public.
“Hal isn’t like that. Hal’s a very private guy that was kind of thrust into that position of running the ballclub financially. And now … This is the way I look at the Yankees: They’ve been a rudderless ship since Mr. Steinbrenner passed.”
Gossage has been ostracized by the Yankees after a very public feud with general manager Brian Cashman after the pinstriped legend repeatedly took shots at the Yankees’ move toward analytics, among other things.
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“I don’t even miss going,” Gossage said of his one-time spring training instructor role that ended in 2018.
It appeared that Hank was going to take control of the Yankees when he was frequently opining on the team in 2007. However, power over the organization eventually went to Hal.
Under Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees have strung together 10 winning seasons in a row and have made trips to the playoffs seven times. However, the organization hasn’t won a World Series since 2009. Gossage said he believes things would be different if Hank was in charge, such as the dismissal of Cashman and more championships.
Gossage said he did not know Hank too well, but found him “personable” in their spring training conversations and thought he was more like his father than Hal.
“If Hank took over the day-to-day operation, I think he would have been the same way,” Gossage said. “He was more of a hands-on guy like Mr. Steinbrenner was. It’s unfortunate.
“I love the Yankees as an organization. I grew up a Yankee fan out in Colorado. My whole family was huge Yankee fans, then getting into play for them, gosh! I still shake my head. But it’s not the same with Hal and Cashman in charge. It’s no fun.”
