And it especially couldn’t be said for closer Billy Wagner, who earned his spot ... is how one of Ichiro’s popular rookie cards has tumbled leading up to Tuesday’s announcement, followed ...

PHILADELPHIA — Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner closed it out ... finished one game behind Houston in the wild-card race. Wagner signed with the rival Mets as a free agent ...

The weight of the long wait was evident for Billy Wagner when he finally got the call from the Baseball Hall of Fame. Once he picked up the phone and heard the news, the ex-Mets reliever became ...

And while Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia got in on their first ballots, Billy Wagner had a longer wait. The longtime Astros closer spent the last 10 years on the ballot, with 2025 representing his ...

all the guys that I came up with and things like that." The weight of the long wait was evident for Billy Wagner when he finally got the call from the Baseball Hall of Fame. Wagner cemented his ...

You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. THE NEWEST BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS: ICHIRO SUZUKI, CC SABATHIA AND BILLY WAGNER The wait is over. For two of the three newest ...

Aren’t all relief pitchers just failed starters? In Billy Wagner’s case, the answer is a definite no. The power-packed left-hander never started a game in his major league career (though he ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros all-time saves leader Billy Wagner will have his jersey number retired, an honor that coincides with his induction into the Hall of Fame, the team announced Tuesday.

Wagner was in his 10th and final year on the Hall of Fame ballot, after coming up five votes short of the ... The weight of the long wait was evident for Billy Wagner when he finally got the ...