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 ...

Billy Wagner was five votes shy last year. He got only 10.5% support in his first appearance in 2016, and 10.2% the following year. “It’s not been an easy 10 years to sit here and swallow a lot of ...

Billy Wagner, a flame-throwing left-hander who was one of the elite strikeout artists of his generation, will take his place among the game’s greatest players of all time after being elected to the Na ...

When you’re a guy that is throwing 94, 95 (mph ... Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage, Trevor Hoffman, Lee Smith and Rivera. Wagner is the only left-hander among them.“ ...

He became the ninth pitcher in the Hall who was primarily a reliever -- the first left-hander among them -- after Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage ...