Billy Wagner came through in his final inning.
In his 10th and last bid on the ballot, the former Mets closer earned what might as well have been his 423rd save, clearing the 75 percent threshold to join Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia (along with the already-elected Dave Parker and Dick Allen) as entrants into Cooperstown.
Wagner received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, which allowed an exhale — and plenty of tears, as video showed — after he missed by just five votes last year.
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