"Here is the story of how the Goose became a hot property at the age of twenty-six, only to stumble badly when he started playing with the Yankees. But Gossage bounced back and rose to the heights of Yankee stardom during the wild and crazy "Bronx Zoo" years of the late seventies and early eighties. Here are his encounters with legends like George Brett, Dick Allen, Mickey Mantle, Carl Yastrzemski, Nolan Ryan, and Ken Griffey Jr.". -- Jacket.