Billy Wagner

Pitching the final inning of a combined no-hitter against the Yankees, Wagner struck out Jorge Posada and Bubba Trammell, then got Hideki Matsui to ground out to first base where Wagner, who was covering, pumped his fist as the final piece of instant baseball history was engraved at Yankee Stadium (June 11, 2003). The House of Chanel in Paris, under Karl Lagerfeld, remains one of the top design houses today. In a ten-year career, Wagner has compiled a 34-30 record with 753 strikeouts, a 2.52 ERA, and 246 saves in 552.2 innings. Chanel has been portrayed on the Broadway stage by Katharine Hepburn in a musical by Andre Previn and Alan Jay Lerner, and on screen by the French actress Marie-France Pisier. This and many other miscues in the Phillies organization led to the dismissal of manager Larry Bowa after a preseason full of hopefuls and expectations dissolved from the ticket window by August. It is in the sky and on the road.". He was traded to Philadelphia before the 2004 season, only to have his campaign succumb to a strain in his throwing shoulder. One intuits it.

Then, he enjoyed his best season in 2003, when he reached career-highs in saves (44), innings pitched (86.0) and games (78), and got 105 strikeouts. Fashion is in the air, born upon the wind. In 2002, Wagner went 4-2 with a 2.52 ERA, 88 strikeouts, and 35 saves in 75 innings. One of her common quotes is: "Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. In 62.2 innings, he struck out 79 hitters. However, she spent her latter years in Lausanne, Switzerland and is buried there in a tomb surrounded by five stone lions. He was one of the leading candidates for TSN Comeback Player of the Year in the National League. She maintained an apartment above her Rue Cambon establishment and also owned Villa La Pausa in the town of Roquebrune on the French Riviera.

Coming off elbow surgery, he posted a record of 2-5 with 39 saves in 41 chances, and an ERA of 2.73. For more than thirty years, Gabrielle Chanel made the Hôtel Ritz in Paris her home, even during the Nazi occupation of Paris, during which time she was criticized for taking a German military officer as a lover. He would rebound in 2001. She never married. He finished with 2-4 record, a 6.18 ERA, and six saves in 15 opportunities, striking out 28 and walking 18 in 27.2 innings. Chanel was set up in business by a lover, Etienne Balsan, a French textile heir, and her love affairs with the artist Paul Iribe, the 2nd Duke of Westminster, Grand Duke Dmitri of Russia, and British sportsman Boy Capel all had a considerable influence on the stylistic evolution of her often male-inspired fashions. Wagner would continue to struggle before going on the disabled with a torn flexor tendon in his pitching arm and would miss the final three and a half months of the season. (Other sources state that the her audiences cried "Coco" when they wanted an encore, while further sources state that the song was called "Ko Ko Ri Ko," French for "Cock-a-doodle-do.").

While he was still hitting 100-MPH on the radar gun, he wasn't throwing his 85-90 MPH slider as much as he used to. It was there that Chanel, then a cabaret singer, performed a song called "Qui qu'a vu Coco," and the name stuck. But after recording a save on May 4 against the Cubs, he suffered back-to-back blown saves on May 12-13 versus the Reds. The nickname Coco was evidently acquired at La Rotonde, a cafe frequented by members of a French cavalry regiment and numerous of the great artists who flocked to Paris' Montparnasse section at the turn of the 20th century. The 2000 season started off in typical fashion for Wagner, who saved three of the Astros' first four wins while retiring 16 of the first 20 batters he faced. In 1923, she told Harper's Bazaar that "simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.". Wagner posted a 4-1 record with an ERA of 1.57, and actually had more saves than hits allowed (in 74.2 innings, he allowed 35 hits). Although unassuming black dresses existed before Chanel, the ones she designed were considered the haute couture standard.

He saved 39 games and struck out 124 in only 74 innings (15 SO/9), establishing a new major league record for strikeouts in at least 50 innings, including the side 15 times. She also popularized the little black dress, whose blank-slate versatility allowed it to be worn for day and evening, depending on how it was accessorized. Wagner had an outstanding 1999 season, in which he captured the Relief Man of the Year Award in the National League. 5 perfume, launched in 1923, and the influential Chanel suit, an elegant suit comprised of a knee-length skirt and trim, boxy jacket, traditionally made of woven wool with black trim and gold buttons and worn with large costume-pearl necklaces. After working three games, he was recalled on August 6 and remained healthy for the rest of the season. Two of her most famous creations are Chanel No. Wagner worked on balanced and coordination exercises before being cleared by doctors to go a rehab assignment in the minors. Her influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on the List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

The next day, he returned to Houston and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. In 1909 Coco Chanel opened a shop in Paris selling ladies hats and within a year moved the business to the fashionable Rue Cambon. He was removed from the field on a stretcher after suffering a concussion and spent the night at a Phoenix hospital. Shortly after her birth, her father abandoned the family and the Chanel children were then placed in the care of relatives and spent some time in an orphanage. Wagner was alert and conscious on the ground as his vital signs remained good. Popularly known as Coco Chanel or "Mademoiselle" by her inner circle, she was born in the small city of Saumur, France. On July 15, while trying to hold on to a 8-7 lead against Arizona, he was struck on the left side of his head behind the ear by a line drive off the bat of Kelly Stinnett. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French couturier whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion design.

He converted 19 consecutive save opportunities between his first blown save against the Dodgers (April 12) and his second facing the Cardinals (July 11). In 1998, Wagner posted a 4-3 record with a 2.70 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 60 innings, and saved 30 games, which was the third best single season in club history. He struck out the side 13 times, and his 106 strikeouts also set a club record for relievers. He converted 23 of 29 save opportunities while striking out 106 hitters in only 66.1 innings, which established a major league record for SO/9 at 14.4, breaking the old mark of 14.1 set by former Reds closer Rob Dibble in 1992 (110 SO in 70.1 innings).

In 1997 Wagner played his first full season in the majors. Opponents hit only .165 against him. He finished the year with nine saves in 13 opportunities, allowed only 28 hits and struck out 67 hitters in 51.2 innings (11.7 SO/9). His contract was purchased by the Astros on June 2, and Wagner was immediately converted to a reliever.

He posted a 6-2 record with a 3.28 ERA in twelve starts for Triple-A Tucson. Wagner began 1996 in the minors as a starter and finished it by becoming a major league closer. It was his only appearance in this season. He made his major league debut on September 12, 1995, retiring the only batter he faced in a 10-5 defeat against the Mets.

Wagner was taken in the first round of the June 1993 MLB draft by the Houston Astros and was used exclusively as a starting pitcher in the minor leagues. Wagner was inducted into the Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall Of Fame in Salem, Virginia, in February of 2003. Wagner attended Ferrum College and went 17-3 there, while setting single season NCAA records for strikeouts per nine innings (19.1 in 1992) and fewest hits per nine innings allowed (1.58 in 1992), and holds the Division III mark for career strikeouts (327 in 182.1 innings pitched). As a youth, he was a natural right-handed pitcher, but after breaking his throwing arm twice, he taught himself how to use his left arm by throwing nothing but fastballs against a barn wall.

Wagner is a highly regarded closer in the fact that he routinely throws triple digit fastballs which is rather unusual for his 5'11", 195 lb frame. He bats and throws left-handed. Previously, Wagner played with the Houston Astros (1995-2003). William Edward (Billy) Wagner (born July 25, 1971 in Tannersville, Virginia) is an American Major League Baseball closer for the Philadelphia Phillies (2004-present).

Led league in games finished (2003). Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award (1999). 4-time All-Star (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005).