NEW YORK -- Billy Wagner may have been an Astro and a Phillie at least as much as he was a Met, but that doesn’t erase the fact that he was, indeed, a Met. Wagner was an important one, too, spending ...

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 ...

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 ...

Billy Wagner, the hard-throwing lefty who saved a club-record 225 games for the Astros and amassed 422 for his career while playing for the Astros, Phillies, Mets, Red Sox and Braves, retired with the ...

Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner closed it out. Wagner, the dominant closer who played a two-season sliver of his 16-year career with the Phillies, got elected Tuesday night to the ...

Wagner, 53, reportedly appeared on 82.5 percent of ballots, easily clearing the 75 percent mark needed for induction. He earned a 73.8-percent voting share in 2024, up from his 68.1-percent voting ...

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 ...

In football, Bobby Wagner is a graybeard. He is 34. He is completing his 13th NFL season. Saturday’s NFC divisional-round game between his Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions will be his ...

NFL.com keeps you up to date with all of the latest league news from around the NFL. Visit NFL.com's transaction hub for a daily breakdown. The Bears will interview Ravens OC Todd Monken on Friday ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame told Billy Wagner last January to watch TV and stay near a phone when the election results were announced. It finally seemed time for Wagner, the former Phillies closer who ...

Now, in his 10th inning on the Hall of Fame ballot, Billy Wagner is alone on the mound without the ball. And oh, is it awful. “You’re sitting here and you can’t control it,” Wagner said by ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Cerner is no longer available to new applicants. Cerner ...