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Munson's Spirit Lives on in New York
Athletes Reflect on Catcher's Life at Annual Awards Dinner
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Goose Gossage can still hear the telephone ringing, George Steinbrenner waiting to deliver the most awful news the pitcher hasever dealt with.

Gossage can never forget Aug. 2, 1979; the day the Yankees lost their captain, Thurman Munson, in a tragic airplane accident outside Canton, Ohio.

"I get chills all the time," Gossage said. "I think about it a lot. It was, to this day, the toughest thing I've ever gone through as a player."

Munson's spirit continues to live on, as shown by another stellar turnout for the Thurman Munson Awards Dinner in New York.........More