My lucky duck got to meet THE Goose! Dude had the opportunity to attend a pitching clinic at Sky Sox stadium with 2 Sky Sox players and THE Rich “Goose” Gossage - 22 years in the majors for quite a few teams, including the Yankees and Cubs - one of the original closers! Ya - THAT Goose Gossage.
He talked to the kids about committment and what it takes to be a good pitcher and player, then they all went to the bullpen and he did a one-on-one mini pitching session with each of the kids . . . giving them individual feedback and advice on how to pitch better and what to work on.
Goose is a great guy. Very opinionated about baseball and the good ol’ days versus how the game is today (those pitchers are so babied and those pitch counts are just messing it all up!) . . . but a great guy all around. He hung out for photos afterward and autographs . . . signed Dude’s Cubs hat and also Princess’ Cubs hat that Jason was nice enough to take. The Sky Sox players were great and hung around for photos and autographs as well. You never pass up an autograph from a AAA player - you never know when they might be the next “one” 
I will admit that while Jason had fun and enjoyed it, I may have been a bit more excited FOR him to be on a pitching mound with Goose 
I was so bummed we weren’t allowed on the field with them!
One Million points to the first person who knows why he’s nicknamed “Goose”