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 ...

Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner topped ... He followed up with a sterling 1.57 ERA while striking out 124 hitters across 74 2/3 frames in 1999. Wagner picked up 39 saves, earned his first ...

He had been an otherworldly hitter in Japan, tearing up the NPB with a ... and fireballing closer Billy Wagner into the Hall of Fame. The trio cleared the necessary 75 percent of the vote for ...

Billy Wagner! The last time he threw a ... It means it’s the 10th time I get to fire up my favorite list of Wagner’s historic rankings among all the left-handed pitchers who have taken the ...

Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy ... Wagner was coaching his high school baseball team at the Miller School of Albemarle in Charlottesville, Va., when an NBC camera crew showed up ...

Wind gusts of up to 15 to 25 MPH are expected ... FILE - New York Mets' Billy Wagner reacts after the third out against the Los Angeles Dodgers to end Game 2 of Major League Baseball's National ...

CC's health held up, and he was rewarded with a then-record ... Sabathia will join Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner this summer in Cooperstown, along with Classic Era Committee selections Dave ...

Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner ... Abreu will be up for consideration again next year, with former Phillies ace Cole Hamels poised to be added to the ballot. The ultimate baseball ...

Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and former Quad Cities River Bandits pitcher Billy Wagner.

HOUSTON -- Perhaps it is only fitting that Billy Wagner’s Hall of Fame candidacy is ... They deserve it.” No one feels Wagner’s pain of coming up just short of the Hall of Fame more than former Astros ...