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 ...

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.

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 ...

His scoreless inning was even more welcome and a taste of what he and his teammates have grown to expect. Wagner wasn't as crisp as he would have wanted, but he contributed handsomely in a 12 ...

Now Billy Wagner, strikeout king in high school, college and in Major League Baseball, is going to be first — as in First Pitch, the Bluefield State University event to jump start the 2024 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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...