Billy Wagner
Billy Wagner
William Edward Wagner, nicknamed "Billy the Kid", is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He pitched for the Houston Astros, the Philadelphia Phillies, the New York Mets, the Boston Red Sox, and the Atlanta Braves. Wagner is one of the only five Major League relief pitchers to accumulate a total of 400 or more saves in his baseball career...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 July 1971
CityTannersville, VA
letting loss turn
Right now, we're very confident. We're not letting one loss turn into two.
continue focused stay win work
You're not going to win every game. We have to play to win series. We have to continue to stay focused and work hard.
front lead protecting
Protecting a 3-2 lead in front of a packed house, it's tough.
deep trouble
If they don't get out of there, they're going to be in deep trouble.
caught game games importance league mean national seems starts team
I don't know anything about this rivalry. It seems like every team in the National League has been after them. I can't get caught up in the importance of a game in April. Games that really mean something, that starts in August.
blow felt thrown week
I didn't want to go out and blow it out because I haven't thrown in about a week or so. It felt pretty good.
emergency guarantee management service step weather
One thing we don't want to do in emergency management or in the weather service is to go backwards. And I can guarantee you this is a step backwards.
excited matter
I'm always nervous, no matter where I'm at. I'm excited. ... I'm excited about this team.
came changing dumb fans mad maybe rookie yankees
Maybe the Yankees fans should be mad at (Bagwell). I didn't do anything. I was just a dumb rookie when he said, 'I don't like that song. We're changing it.' ... He came and told them, and so that's what they played.
family stories
It's just one of those stories where, to me, family comes first.
man society
It's unfortunate, but that's how society is today. They want to see the big man fall.
bite
They do. If you give up nothing for a while, when they do come, they'll come in bunches and bite you.
against awhile caught finally guys interested meet played playing positive sincerely somebody took truly understand
They finally caught on that this guy's for us, not against us. Charlie's a positive person. And playing in Philadelphia, it's not a positive situation. A lot of these guys haven't played under that positive influence. And when you meet somebody like Charlie, who is truly and sincerely interested in you ... it took awhile for them to kind of understand that.
best bullpen chance knock
I told him, 'How's it feel to be a part of the best bullpen in baseball? I know he was upset, that's what he wanted to do. But hey, you've got a chance to make us 10 times better and you've got a chance to be a part of something special. It's not a knock to go to the bullpen anymore.