Last night former Red Sox pitcher Billy Wagner, one of the greatest closers of his generation, was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. We’ll always remeber those 13.2 innings in 2009, Billy. His son Will Wagner is a member of the Toronto Blue Jays so the family ties to the AL East remain.

Billy Wagner anxiously waited for his moment, but not just for himself, for what it meant to the future of baseball.

New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, left, congratulates closer Billy Wagner by patting him on the cap after the Mets 4-3 win over the New York Yankees in 2006. Billy Wagner was unhittable as a pitcher and now he’s officially a baseball immortal.

After Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were voted into Cooperstown by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday, Martin was among three former Blue Jays that didn't garner the five per cent of the vote required to have their candidacy carried onto 2026.

The 2025 class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced on Tuesday night and while left-handed pitcher Mark Buehrle won't be getting in this time around, he will be staying on the ballot for at least another year.

Jake Mintz and Andy McCullough discuss Roki Sasaki and Tanner Scott joining the Dodgers, whether the team’s wild spending spree is good for the game, Anthony Santander signing with the Blue Jays and their thoughts on the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The population of Cooperstown just grew by three.Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers Association of America voters Tuesday,

On Tuesday night, baseball legends Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Ichiro and

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 phone for the expected call Tuesday.

Wagner joined Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia in winning the vote to become this year's picks for the Baseball Hall of Fame.