SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage is sitting in a booth in the breakfast eatery, a golf cap pulled down low, his traditional Fu Manchu mustache still covering most of his mouth, and talking about anything and everything that is wrong in the game of baseball.
“People ask me all of the time what I’m doing these days,’’ Gossage says, “and I tell them, ‘Nothing but burning bridges.’ “
Oh yes, and he spent the two-hour breakfast with USA TODAY Sports detonating each and every one of them.
You want to know what Gossage is thinking these days?
You better not be afraid to hear the truth.
Gossage, who spent 22 years in the big leagues, experiencing all eight of baseball’s work stoppages until this year’s lockout, blasted virtually about every facet of today’s game today, including commissioner Rob Manfred.
“I hate that mother (expletive),’’ Gossage says. “You know how much I hate him? I called (Hall of Fame chairman) Jane Forbes Clark before the…