Goose Gossage is filled with confidence. Always has been. "I came into situations that God couldn't get out of, and I got out of them," he said Wednesday. "I'm not blowing my own horn, but this is just fact. Nobody did it like me." After falling short eight times in balloting for the Hall of Fame, the Goose could make it in when this year's results are released Tuesday. Only four pitchers who were primarily relievers have been given baseball's highest honor: Hoyt Wilhelm (1985), Rollie Fingers (1992), Dennis Eckersley (2004), and Bruce Sutter (2006). Last year, when Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn were voted in, Gossage's percentage increased from 64.6 to 71.2 and he fell 21 votes short of the 75 percent needed for election.