On Tuesday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum revealed the 2025 Hall of Fame class, which included former Boston Red Sox reliever Billy Wagner. Wagner, 53, was a first-round pick of the Houston Astros in the 1993 MLB draft out of Ferrum College.

Billy Wagner fell just five votes short of induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame last January, making 2025 his 10th and final eligible year on the ballot for enshrinement in Cooperstown. The former Houston Astros closer finally broke through Tuesday night.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for the class of 2025. Three players are set to be enshrined in Cooperstown in this year's class: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Star Billy Wagner was one of the most feared and dominant closers in Major League history. Today, his dominance was rewarded as he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Wagner and the rest of this year’s newly-selected Hall of Famers will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,

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.

Former Ferrum College and Major League Baseball standout Billy Wagner has been selected for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The seven-time MLB All-Star had a record-setting baseball

Suzuki came in first in terms of voting with 393, making history as the first Japanese-born player elected to the Hall of Fame. He was close to making history again as he was nearly unanimous– and he would have been in some pretty weighty company to share with Yankee legends Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter.

Great news for Tazewell native and former Ferrum College pitcher Billy Wagner as he cracks the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot. Last year, Wagner was 5 votes away from getting into the hall.

It was no surprise to hear on Tuesday that Ichiro Suzuki was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. It was a surprise that he fell one vote short of being a unanimous selection as part of a 2025 class that also features CC Sabathia,

After coming in second on some high-profile free agents in the last two offseasons, the Blue Jays have signed switch-hitting outfielder Anthony Santander for five years and $92.5 million. His 44 home runs last year with the Orioles were third-most in the sport.

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