Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Gossage were iwe na onye nwe Yankees bụ George Steinbrenner maka itinye aka na ndị otu ahụ. N'afọ 1982, ọ kpọrọ Steinbrenner "nwoke ahụ buru ibu nọ n'elu ụlọ", ma jụ etu onye njikwa ndị Yankees bụ Billy Martin si jiri ya mee ihe. Gossage ghọrọ onye nweere onwe ya mgbe oge 1983 gasịrị, ma kwusi na ya agaghị arụkwa ọrụ na New York. Ọ bịanyere aka na San Diego Padres. N'afọ 1984, Gossage meriri aha ọzọ, na-enweta nzọpụta na Egwuregwu 5 nke NL Championship Series
na izipu Padres na World Series mbụ ha; mgbe San Diego meriri agba anọ na agba nke asaa iji were 6 <unk> 3 na-eduga megide Chicago Cubs, Gossage gbara agba abụọ ikpeazụ, na-eme ka Jody Davis kụọ egwu ike maka njedebe ikpeazụ. N'oge egwuregwu 5 nke 1984 World Series megide Detroit Tigers, Gossage, mgbe ọ natara akara site n'aka ndị nchịkwa na Padres bench na nleta nleta site n'aka onye njikwa Padres Dick Williams, jụrụ ụma ịga ije n'akụkụ aka nri Kirk Gibson. Na pitch nke abụọ Gossage na ndị Padres ga-akwa ụta maka mkpebi ahụ dịka Gibson na-agbanye n'ọhịa aka nri nke na-eduga na mmeri World Series maka Detroit Tigers. N'abalị iri na asaa n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2000, Gossage kụrụ Pete Rose n'ọgba ikpeazụ Rose gbara na bọọlụ.