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Billy Wagner tearful over Hall of Fame election

How former Houston Astros great Billy Wagner made unlikely climb to reach Baseball Hall of Fame

To gain entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Billy Wagner completed a climb few candidates have managed. Wagner, the former Houston Astros closer, attained the 75% support from voters required for election in his final year of eligibility on the writers’ ballot.

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Astros' Billy Wagner hopes to be example for blue-collar kids with MLB dreams

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

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Former Astros closer Billy Wagner makes it into Hall of Fame on final year to be on ballot

Houston Astros reliever Billy Wagner made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame on his final year to be on the ballot.

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The wild story of how Billy Wagner went from righty to lefty

On January 21, 2025, all-time great closer Billy Wagner was elected to the Hall of Fame. A version of this story originally ...

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'Tearful' Billy Wagner shares emotional reaction to HOF election

After 10 attempts, former Astros closer Billy Wagner finally reached the Hall of Fame, joining Ichiro and CC Sabathia in the class of 2025.

TxDOT: Lanes of Southwest Freeway to be closed after snow plow scraped up striping, reflective markers

After TxDOT posted the emergency closure to X on Wednesday, we called to find out the reason. According to TxDOT officials, when snowplows were clearing out paths, they accidentally scraped up part of ...

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Wagner, who notched 300th save with Mets, going into the Hall

Billy Wagner may have been an Astro and a Phillie at least as much as he was a Met, but that doesn’t erase the fact that he ...

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