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Billy Wagner

9TH IS MO'S - CASE CLOSED!

TERRY Francona whiffed on his easiest assignment as the AL's All-Star manager yesterday when he named a starting lineup, a starting pitcher, but refused to name his closer. He said NL manager Clint Hurdle "doesn't need our...

Utley a star among stars

Fellow All-Stars fawn over vaunted Phillies' second baseman By SCOTT LAUBER • The News Journal • July 15, 2008 NEW YORK -- "You look at him," Atkins recalled, "and you're like, 'I don't get it.'" These days, Chase Utley elicits...

Bonds' agent on slugger's return in 2008: 'Prospects look bleak'

Controversial slugger Barry Bonds has not received a single offer to return to Major League Baseball, his agent Jeff Borris said on Monday. "I'm an optimistic guy by nature," Borris said, "and I've told Barry that the prospects...

NL pride on Berkman's mind

Astro tired of hearing about AL's All-Star Game dominance NEW YORK -- Lance Berkman is a career National Leaguer, and quite frankly, the five-time All-Star is getting tired of the Senior Circuit losing every year. "But I would...

All-Star over-35 club a select few

Jul 14, 2008

Wagner, Jones are sole National Leaguers in age bracket NEW YORK -- Billy Wagner is as well known for his bluntness as he is for his blazing fastball so, when asked about the influx of All-Star players who are much younger than...

Mets on cloud nine after Pelfrey's gem

NEW YORK -- If the circumstances called for a double play, he threw that heavy two-seam fastball that the Mets like to call "the bowling ball," and a double play happened -- three times in the first five innings. Even with the...

All-Stars can make memories at All-Star Game

By Tara Sullivan / The Record (Hackensack N.J.) Monday, July 14, 2008 - Added 55m ago Whether David Wright made it to this year’s All-Star Game became a matter that was left up to the fans, with Wright among the five candidates...

On second thought, Mets look like winners

The red-hot Mets. New CW: Sure, there's room for improvement, but ... keep him. New CW: This wily old goat still has something left. New CW: Who cares about passion, when he delivers 415-foot blasts like last night's? Old CW:...

Martinez leaves early in Mets' victory (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pedro Martinez combined with four relievers to guide the New York Mets to their eighth successive victory, a one-hit, 3-0 shutout over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Martinez, making just his ninth start...

Fuentes seeking work as closer "wherever I go"

NEW YORK — Yes, Brian Fuentes said, it would be cool to wear Yankee pinstripes. And no, he wouldn't mind working in New York City's media hothouse. But that doesn't necessarily mean the Rockies' closer believes he'll end up...