 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana April 19, 1979, pashure pokurasikirwa kweYankee neBaltimore Orioles, Reggie Jackson akavamba kuseka Cliff Johnson pamusoro pokusakwanisa kwake kurova Gossage. Apo Johnson akanga achigeza, Gossage akasimbirira kuna Jackson kuti akarova Johnson nguva dzose apo aimbotarisana naye. Apo Jackson akaudza Johnson mashoko aya paakadzokera kuimba yokushambidzira, kurwa kwakatanga pakati paJohnson nomuruki. Gossage akatyoka majoini muchigunwe chake chokurudyi uye akarasikirwa nemwedzi mitatu yomwaka. Shamwari yake yechikwata Tommy John akaidana kuti kurohwa kwokuora mwoyo kwechikwata. Ron Guidry, anokunda mubairo weCy Young Award, akazvipira kuenda kudare kuti amutsive. Mumutambo wekutanga wemusoro wakapetwa musi waGumiguru 4,, Gossage akakanda mapepa maviri ekupedzisira ekukunda 52 pamusoro peDetroit Tigers, achiwana basa rake-rakakwirira 33rd kuchengetedza sezvo New York yakabata imwe zita rekuparadzanisa. Musi waGumiguru 10, George Brett weRoyals akarova homerun yemitambo mitatu kubva kuGossage kupinda muYankee Stadium kurudyi-munda wepamusoro dheki kutungamira maRoyals kumitambo mitatu muAL Championship Series, pashure pokunge Yankees yarova Royals muALCS nhatu dzakatevedzana kubva muna 1976 kusvika muna 1978. Anenge makore matatu gare gare mumwaka wenguva dzose, Brett akasvika kuna Gossage zvakare muBronx, achiputika kuenda-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi-mberi 