Kammala wannan jumla: Gossage ya yi fushi da mai mallakar Yankees George Steinbrenner don tsoma baki tare da tawagar. A shekarar 1982, ya kira Steinbrenner "mai kiba a sama", kuma bai amince da yadda manajan Yankees Billy Martin ya yi amfani da shi ba. Gossage ya zama dan wasa mai kyauta bayan kakar 1983, kuma ya nace cewa ba zai yi murabus tare da New York ba. Ya sanya hannu tare da San Diego Padres. A shekarar 1984, Gossage ya sake samun wani lakabi, inda ya sami ceto a wasa na 5 na gasar zakarun Turai.
Gossage ya buga wasannin biyu na karshe, inda ya sa Jody Davis ya buga wasa mai karfi don wasan karshe. A lokacin wasa na 5 na Wasannin Wasannin Duniya na 1984 da Detroit Tigers, Gossage, bayan karɓar alamu daga masu horarwa a benci na Padres da kuma ziyarar da mai kula da Padres Dick Williams ya kai, ya ƙi yin tafiya da gangan mai tsaron dama Kirk Gibson. A filin wasa na biyu Gossage da Padres za su yi nadama da wannan shawarar yayin da Gibson ya shiga cikin filin wasa na dama wanda ya kai ga nasarar gasar cin kofin duniya ga Detroit Tigers. A ranar 17 ga watan Agusta, 2009, Gossage ya buga Pete Rose a wasan karshe na Rose a gasar zakarun Turai.