Is Billy Wagner really a Hall of Famer? A few thoughts on this year’s BBWAA voting.
In electing Wagner, the BBWAA has defined the modern-day closer as its own entity, with candidates’ credentials measured not against the whole of the body but against this specific peer group.
Fenway made a big impression on Billy Wagner while he was on the road to Cooperstown
Wagner had a 1.98 earned run average and struck out 22 of the 56 batters he faced in his 15 games for the Red sox in 2009.
Billy Wagner’s emotional Baseball Hall of Fame selection: ‘Felt like the clock stopped’
Billy Wagner received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, after he missed by just five votes last year.
Billy Wagner had a strong emotional reaction to news he was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
In a video posted on X by sports writer Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Wagner leaned against a pool table while taking the call. He listened for more than 15 seconds before he put his hand on his face, fighting tears and hunching over. “Thank you,” he eventually said to the person on the other end of the phone.
Dick Allen and Billy Wagner are headed to the Hall of Fame. Which Phillie will be next?
Chase Utley is well-positioned to someday reach the 75% mark for election, but Jimmy Rollins and Bobby Abreu are spinning their wheels.
'Dreams do come true': Billy Wagner tearful over Hall of Fame election
Wagner erupted in tears as he received the news of his induction during a phone call with Hall of Fame representatives in Cooperstown. Our Esquina's Jose de Jesus Ortiz was alongside Wagner in the reliever's home Tuesday night, and Ortiz relayed quite the emotional message.
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2025
The trio of stars, each of whom spent part of their career in New York, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27.
Former Astro Billy Wagner makes emotional first trip to Cooperstown and Hall of Fame. 'It's humbling'
Billy Wagner had never been to Cooperstown. His closest brushes were trips in short-season A-ball to Oneonta, some 25 miles south in New York, to play road games in 1993, his first professional season in the Houston Astros’ system,
Astros’ Hall of Famers react to Billy Wagner’s Cooperstown honor
Several Houston Astros’ legends reacted to Billy Wagner’s selection into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The former closer’s road to Cooperstown began in Houston in 1995. During his nine years with the Astros,
Billy Wagner indicates he wants to go to trial instead of possibly taking a plea deal
His delayed trial was supposed to have started weeks ago, but Billy Wagner will return to the Pike County courthouse for ...
Billy Wagner fights back tears as he enters Baseball of Fame in final year on ballot
It was a long time coming, but Billy Wagner finally closed it out. And he couldn’t keep the emotions from flowing. The ...
Pike County massacre: Efforts to locate new courthouse for Billy Wagner's trial continue
Hannah, 20, was engaged to 20-year-old Frankie Rhoden. They were among eight members of the Rhoden family who were killed in ...
Astros' Billy Wagner hopes to be example for blue-collar kids with MLB dreams
Billy Wagner anxiously waited for his moment, but not just for himself, for what it meant to the future of baseball.
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MLB: Billy Wagner (Tazewell) gets first look at Cooperstown six months prior to induction
Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot.
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Hoffman recalls own call as Wagner joins elite Hall club
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Billy Wagner Has Honest Admission On How He Learned To Throw Left-Handed
The Major League Baseball offseason has been filled with drama and excitement as many big-name players have changed teams ...
Toronto Blue Jays Infielder Will Wagner Discusses Father Getting into Hall of Fame
Last week, longtime closer Billy Wagner earned election into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His son, Will, plays for the Toronto ...