COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Billy Wagner is the picture of a Hall of Fame relief pitcher and will have that likeness framed forever in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, on Sunday. His picture could be ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Billy Wagner wore three lapel pins on his dark navy suit during Sunday’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, a symbolic gesture for his journey from poverty in rural ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the ...

His 422 saves is the most, by far, of a Virginia native – and more combined than the next 10 closers on the list. The top three in that category all played high school in Southwest Virginia: Virginia ...

Billy Wagner is a Hall of Famer. The former Mets closer had to wait until his 10th and final year on the ballot, but he was officially inducted into Cooperstown on Sunday afternoon. A seven-time ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The road to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., began on the back roads of rural southwest Virginia, where “you had to get lost to find” and poverty ran rampant.

The Athletic's Jayson Stark took a deep dive into the Hall of Fame chances for a couple modern day closers with Billy Wagner receiving enshrinement this year. Billy Wagner only spent one season of his ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Longtime Astros relief pitcher Billy Wagner joins a prestigious Hall of Fame class in Cooperstown Sunday. Ichiro Suzuki was always known for his meticulous preparation during his ...

Billy Wagner is one of baseball's newest Hall of Famers, and he received another honor this week. The Houston Astros will retire his No. 13 this summer, the team announced Tuesday. The ceremony will ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (KTRK) -- Another Astros legend is now in the Hall of Fame. Closing pitcher Billy Wagner was inducted into Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday. Wagner has the most saves in Astro ...

Billy Wagner called his tenure with the Houston Astros "the best part" of his career in an emotional speech while accepting induction Sunday to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.