bostonherald.com - 10/14/2009
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The Red Sox hope Billy Wagner was only venting.
Wagner's comments in yesterday's edition of the New York Post hinted at the 38-year-old strongly considering...
nypost.com - 10/13/2009
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nypost.com —
Billy Wagner may have thrown his last pitch
in the major leagues. The former Mets pitcher told...
The Post yesterday he's planning to retire rather than pursue a closer's job -- and 400 career saves -- next season. Wagner allowed two runs in two-thi...
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Wagner eyes retirement, not 400th career save
weei.com - 10/12/2009
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weei.com —
Billy Wagner knows one of baseball s golden
rules is never letting hitters peek behind the pitcher's...
curtain, but he could never help himself when it came to Bobby Abreu. The two were teammates coming up in the Astros minor league system and later as ...
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Abreu gets better of ex
bostonherald.com - 10/14/2009
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bostonherald.com —
T he Red Sox [ team stats ]
hope Billy Wagner was only venting. Wagner s comments...
in yesterday s edition of the New York Post hinted at the 38-year-old strongly considering retirement after the Red Sox early dismissal from the playoffs. His agent, ...
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Billy Wagner possible hang
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
Links for Wednesday...
Sean McAdam of the Boston Herald considers free agent alternatives should the Red Sox fail to sign Jason Bay.
McAdam's colleague Michael Silverman talked to agent Scott Boras, who had this to say about Jason Varitek's future: "Theo and I will be talking about Tek whenever he deems the ...
Expect to hear Varitek's name...
Mets Fever —
The Mets need a veteran catcher who can handle delicate young pitchers and take control of a game. For this very reason the Mets were reported to be interested in Varitek until he re-signed with the Red Sox's last year. This off-season, the Sox have a solid full time catcher ( Victor Martinez) and Varitek is an expensive extra piece. The two sides ...
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mlb.fanhouse.com 10/13/2009 — by Tom Fornelli After coming to the Boston Red Sox this season Billy Wagner made 17 appearances out of the bullpen and posted a 1.72 ERA. It was exactly the type of performance Wagner needed to help his chances of finding a closer's job somewhere in ...
Billy Wagner To Retire?
soxanddawgs.com 10/13/2009 — When the Boston Red Sox acquired Billy Wagner in a trade with the New York Mets, they knew they weren’t going to re-sign him. Sox GM Theo Epstein planned on offering Wagner arbitration so that if Wags declined and signed somewhere else, the Red Sox could get two draft picks.
Now it ...
Billy Wagner Leaning Toward Retirement
mlbtraderumors.com 10/13/2009 — Billy Wagner is planning to retire, based on comments the pitcher made to Mike Puma of the New York Post yesterday. It was previously thought that Wagner would attempt to find a closing job this winter and attempt to get the 15 additional saves he ...
Billy Wagner plans to retire
scoresreport.com 10/14/2009 —
Billy Wagner told the New York Post that he plans to retire in the offseason.
“I don’t plan on talking to nobody,” Wagner said, when asked where he might pitch next season.
Does that mean retirement?
“Why wouldn’t I?” he said. “I’ve got ...
Billy Wagner Mulling Retirement
firebrandal.com 10/13/2009 — In what is the first curveball in an early off-season, relief ace and potential closer replacement, Billy Wagner, has been considering possible retirment.
While sources close to the pitcher state that Wagner may just need a ‘cooling period’ to settle down after the ...
Did the Mets trade six weeks of Billy Wagner for two minor leaguers?
theropolitans.com 10/13/2009 — So it seems. According to a report in the NY Post , Billy Wagner is “planning to retire.” Wagner, who was traded from the Mets to the Boston Red Sox on Aug. 25 for Chris Carter and Eddie Lora, appeared in only 15 games for the Sox. He posted a 1.98 ERA and 1.098 WHIP in 13 2-3 innings. ...
Billy Wagner is Unsure About 2010
fenwaywest.com 9/30/2009 — Red Sox reliever Billy Wagner has not made a decision about pitching next season. He was asked the question on XM's MLB Home Plate yesterday:
Jody McDonald : “Is it a given that Billy Wagner is going to play in 2010?”
Billy Wagner : “No, sir. That’ll be up to (laughs), ...
Wagner To Retire?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 10/13/2009 — "Billy Wagner has 385 saves in his major league career, and he's said before that 400 is a milestone he hopes to achieve. Perhaps it's not a major priority for him after all. According to a report in the New York Post this morning, the 38-year-old lefthander, who was acquired by the Red Sox ...
Billy Wagner Could Be Back
fenwaywest.com 18 days ago —
The reports of his retirement have proven to be untrue and now Billy Wagner is seeing what is next. The Red Sox agreed not to pick up his $8 million option as part of the deal sending him to Boston. After proving he could come back from surgery he can look for a full time closer job but ...
Link: Wagner not retiring?
theropolitans.com 10/14/2009 — Bean Stringfellow, Billy Wagner’s agent, tells the Boston Herald , “Those comments probably came right after the Red Sox lost, so I’d bet they were said in the heat of the moment, when he was very frustrated. That’s probably not the best time to take comments like that as gospel.” The Wagner ...
Postmortem on the 2009 Red Sox. —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/14/2009
I'm not a great eugooglizer, but bear with me. I'm only going to reference the giant kick to the testicles administered to me a few days ago by the now defunct 2009 Red Sox once.
I will say that it was a good, if extremely frustrating season, one ...
Angels' Lackey to start Game 1 of ALCS (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/14/2009
Angels manager Mike Scioscia announced his rotation for the AL championship series on Wednesday, selecting John Lackey to start Friday night's Game 1 against CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees. Lackey pitched 7 1-3 innings to lead Los Angeles to a ...
