Filed under: Braves, MLB MilestonesPaying homage to statistical milestones is a time-honored tradition in baseball. As the most statistically oriented sport, and with reporters, broadcasters and media relations types obligated to churn out a boatload of material on a daily basis, baseball always seems to have one number or another to celebrate.
Count Billy Wagner as a conscientious objector to that milestone obsession, though, as the veteran closer reacted with open disdain to attempts to celebrate his ascension to the top of a particular statistical list.
Wagner's strikeout of the Marlins' Mike Stanton in the ninth inning Friday night -- as he was in the midst of mop-up duty in a 7-1 Braves loss -- made him the all-time leader in strikeouts by a left-handed reliever, with 1,170. He passed Jesse Orosco for that rather obscure but nonetheless impressive honor.
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