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 ...

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 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 ...

Billy Wagner possible hang
bostonherald.com 10/14/2009 — 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, ...

That Was Quick: Wagner Coming Back
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 10/14/2009 — "Is Billy Wagner planning to call it quits? The veteran reliever told the New York Post he is planning to retire rather than pursue a closer's job for next season. "I don't plan on talking to nobody," Wagner said when asked where he might pitch in 2010. But ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney ...

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 ...

"The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
hallofverygood.com 10/15/2009 — “I don’t plan on talking to nobody,” Billy Wagner told reporters when asked where he might end up next season. “I’ve got nothing else to (accomplish).” Wagner has mouthed off before, so whether or not this is just another in a long line of quotable ...

Mets Deal Look Good if Wagner Retires
nybaseballdigest.com 10/13/2009 — Mike Puma of the NY Post reports that former Mets pitcher Billy Wagner told the paper yesterday he’s planning to retire rather than pursue a closer’s job. Many wanted the Mets to keep Wagner so they could acquire the two draft picks that his Type A status would bring. Perhaps ...

Billy Wagner Talking Retirement
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 ...

Agent: Wagner Not Retiring
metsblog.com 10/15/2009 — Bean Stringfellow, the agent for former Met Billy Wagner , told reporters that Wagner has no intention of retiring. Stringfellow told reporters: “He wants a ring and he did not do all that rehab just to quit now…”  ...

Angels rally in 9th to sweep Red Sox (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/11/2009
Vladimir Guerrero and the Los Angeles Angels shrugged off their postseason failures and swept the Boston Red Sox out of the playoffs. Guerrero hit a two-out, two-run single off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth inning and the Angels rallied past ...

Papelbon blows lead in Red Sox finale (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/11/2009
Ace closer Jonathan Papelbon couldn't save Boston's season. The intimidating right-hander hadn't permitted a run in any of his 26 postseason innings before Sunday. But he gave up three in the ninth, allowing the Los Angeles Angels to come from behind ...

Wagner, Papelbom lose it for Boston — NY Post: Sports 10/11/2009
Ace closer Jonathan Papelbon couldn't save Boston's season. The intimidating right-hander hadn't permitted a run in any of his 26 postseason innings before Sunday. But he gave up three in the ninth, allowing the Los Angeles Angels to come from behind...

Papelbon blows two-run lead; Boston eliminated — NY Post: Sports 10/11/2009
Vladimir Guerrero and the Los Angeles Angels shrugged off their postseason failures and swept the Boston Red Sox out of the playoffs. Guerrero hit a two-out, two-run single off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth inning and the Angels rallied past Boston ...

Red Sox 2009 season wrap-up: Angels return the favor and sweep ALDS — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/11/2009
The 2009 season comes to a close   Sooner or later it was going to happen, but no one in Boston thought it'd happen in this fashion.   Up 5-1 at one point in the game, things looked pretty secure for the Boston Red Sox with hopes ...