It was a long time coming, but Billy Wagner finally closed it out. And he couldn’t keep the emotions from flowing. The seven-time All-Star, in his final year of eligibility, was elected into the ...

Wagner, who spent four seasons with the Mets, attained 73.8 percent of the vote last year. It left him within five votes of reaching the 75 percent threshold needed for induction. If Wagner isn ...

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 ...

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 ...

Billy Wagner in my mind, clears that hurdle easily. He was 5 votes shy of induction last year, and he has already received votes from 8 voters who did not vote for him last year. That are voting ...

Over the past 105 years, Billy Wagner is one of the best pitchers at the most elemental definition of the craft—while pitching mostly with the game on the line. Folks, that is a Hall of Famer.