This story was excerpted from John Denton’s Cardinals Beat newsletter, written this week by Will Leitch. To read the full ...

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In electing Wagner, the BBWAA has defined the modern-day closer as its own entity, with candidates’ credentials measured not ...

The Hall of Fame has the final say on which logo appears on an inductee’s cap, but the case for Billy Wagner to be inducted ...

The 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class has been announced — with three legends from the diamond getting enough votes to be ...

Those 117 gentlemen should have joined Mariano Rivera as unanimous selections to the None of them did. If anything, I undercounted. I do allow for some honest difference of opinion. Nor am I including ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ...

Before their enshrinements in 2018 and 2019, the only relievers in the Hall of Fame were Hoyt Wilhelm, Goose Gossage, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, and Bruce Sutter. The first four of them ...

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Wagner is the ninth pitcher in the Hall who was primarily a reliever after Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage, Trevor Hoffman, Lee Smith and Rivera. Alex ...