Brad Lidge joins MLB Network Radio to discuss Billy Wagner being voted into the Hall of Fame and how waiting ten years on the ballot impacted him

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Phillies legends Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins hope to follow Billy Wagner’s path to Cooperstown, N.Y. The former Phillies closer learned on Tuesday night that he has been voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,

A leadoff hitter, an ace starter and a lockdown closer walk into a Hall … It’s no joke. The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 is complete after Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner

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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are set to be enshrined among the legends of the game in Cooperstown, N.Y., as their election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame was announced Tuesday on MLB Network.

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner reached the necessary 75% support on the Baseball Writers' Association of America Hall of Fame ballot in results revealed Tuesday night on MLB Network. Suzuki and Sabathia were on the ballot for the first time,

The left-handed flamethrower is by some measures the hardest pitcher to make contact off of in MLB history ... Over the past 105 years, Billy Wagner is one of the best pitchers at the most ...

With all the ballots for this year’s Hall of Fame vote having been turned in, the only thing left to do now is wait for the results to be unveiled.

Retired MLB pitcher Billy Wagner couldn't contain his emotional when he got the call that he'd finally be entering the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball’s Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the phone for the expected call Tuesday.