Via Bob Klapisch:

But Goose [Gossage] always has hated showboaters, past and especially present day, so when Dellucci told reporters he thought Chamberlain’s response was immature and “bush,” Gossage didn’t hesitate to say, “I’m on Dellucci’s side.

“That’s just not the Yankee way, what Joba did. Let everyone else do that stuff, but not a Yankee,” Gossage said by telephone on Saturday. “What I don’t understand is, the kid’s got the greatest mentor in the world in Mariano [Rivera]. He’s one of the leaders of the team, so you’d think it wouldn’t happen on that team.

“But there’s no one to pass the torch anymore, no one to teach the young kids how to act. The Mets did a lot of that [celebrating] last year, and look how it came back to haunt them.”

Gossage, only a few more weeks away from his Hall of Fame induction, made sure to point out that he “loves” Chamberlain, having spent time with him in spring training. But when the Goose and Roy White recently met at a charity golf tournament, they compared notes about the 2008 Yankees, observing the increasing trend toward in-your-face celebrating.

White, in particular, took issue with Melky Cabrera, who often does a full-spin, twirl high-five after a home run or Yankee victory.

“I saw that 360-thing he did with [Robinson] Cano at the end of one of the games and I was shocked. I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ ” White said by telephone. “I’m sorry, that’s just too much. I’m guess I’m old school, but there’s a professional way to play baseball, there’s a Yankee tradition, back to [Joe] DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle.”

For the record, Roy White is 64-years old and Melky Cabrera is 23-years old. And, Goose Gossage is 57-years old and Joba Chamberlain is 22-years old. So, basically, White and Gossage are old enough to be the fathers of Cabrera and Chamberlain.

I know that Gossage has a son who has recently played pro-ball, as well as a nephew who played last year too. And, White has a son, Reid who is probably very close to Cabrera’s age.

Now, that would have been an interesting thing to follow-up on…it’s a shame that Klapisch didn’t ask Goose and Roy what their kids thought of the Yankees “kids.”

I bet they would have been fine with their on the field reactions. It’s a whole new generation that we’re talking about here. Sure, there are some throwbacks…but they’re the exception rather than the rule.

Hey, I don’t like it either…so, in that respect, I feel where Gossage and White are coming from here. But, I’ve been around enough people 15-20 years my junior to realize that it’s a different culture these days in terms of what’s acceptable or not…just as the days of my “youth” (meaning the ’70’s and the ’80’s) had different filters from the generation before that. It’s the way it goes, guys…yeah, you don’t have to like it; but, nothing that you (or I) say will ever change it.