Billy Wagner has had a year to think about his proximity to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his penultimate year on the ballot in 2024, the seven-time All-Star closer finished five votes shy of being ...

Billy Wagner came through in his final inning. In his 10th and last bid on the ballot, the former Mets closer earned what ...

FILE – New York Mets pitcher Billy Wagner throws a pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in New York, Aug. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul J.

Billy Wagner has had a year to think about his proximity ... finished five votes shy of being enshrined. During a trip to Citi Field last July, Wagner admitted he would be lying if he said he ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he ...