I recall first watching Billy Wagner pitch in a game late in the 1998 season. I was a university student who spent more time devouring the contents of Baseball America than I did on my proper ...

Tags: Christian Walker, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen, Sports, Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia FILE - In this June 8, 2003, file photo, Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner pitches to a Tampa Bay Devil Rays ...

Billy Wagner throws a pitch for the Mets during a June 2008 game against the Angels. Getty Images. Billy Wagner, pictured in 2006 with the Mets, retired following the 2010 season.

Billy Wagner's son Will, ... including his first career RBI, the 26-year-old told the media that his family almost missed the first pitch of his big-league debut. ...

Billy Wagner, who was recently elected to Cooperstown, returned to Ferrum on Friday to work with the pitchers. ... He told me, ‘Slow heartbeat and just really focus on the pitches. ...

FILE - In this June 8, 2003, file photo, Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner pitches to a Tampa Bay Devil Rays batter during a baseball game in Houston. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File) (Brett Coomer ...

Tags: Christian Walker, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen, Sports, Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia FILE - In this June 8, 2003, file photo, Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner pitches to a Tampa Bay Devil Rays ...

Baker County Fire Rescue was called to the scene of a fire caused by a suspected lightning strike. FILE - In this June 8, 2003, file photo, Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner pitches to a Tampa ...

Tags: Christian Walker, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen, Sports, Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia FILE - In this June 8, 2003, file photo, Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner pitches to a Tampa Bay Devil Rays ...

FILE - In this June 8, 2003, file photo, Houston Astros closer Billy Wagner pitches to a Tampa Bay Devil Rays batter during a baseball game in Houston. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File) (Brett Coomer ...