For Rich Gossage, a shy, humble guy from the Rocky Mountains, it's simply mind-boggling that his 22-year major-league career will receive its finishing touch today, when he's inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
As a kid, Rich Gossage's dreams never matched those of his father. "My dad always said, 'You're going to play in the big leagues some day,' " Gossage recalled. "I pooh-poohed that. I would be like, 'Aw, dad, please don't say that.' And sure enough, here I am."
An aspiring writer for years, Joanne Liggan thought the toughest part of fulfilling her dream would be finding a publisher for her book. The shock came with the realization that getting the book on store shelves was just the beginning. "I'd [do] book signings and people would just shy away from me," said Liggan, a Mechanicsville resident who has written two suspense novels. "They'd say, 'Oh, I
After losing its morning contest to Boynton Beach 9-6, the South Fort Myers senior all-stars bowed out of the state tournament with a 12-7 win over Plant City on Saturday evening.
With three consecutive days of severe thunderstorm and flash flood activity over the Piute Fire, fire crews had limited access to fire control lines. Measurable rain in the Piute Peak area on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, as reported by the National Weather Service, was just shy of five inches.
WASHINGTON - By his own account, Chris Matthews is not shy about sharing what's on his mind. "I have a point of view about things. I have an attitude," the host of MSNBC's "Hardball" told 200 Pennsylvania city leaders during a breakfast in Gettysburg.
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