"The Braves noticed quickly that you can take the boy out of Tannersville, but can't take Tannersville out of the boy. Or the man, in this particular case. Because there's nothing about Billy Wagner that seems boyish anymore.

The Braves' new closer is 38, with more hair on his chest than head. He's listed generously at 5 feet 10 and 180 pounds, a height he's probably never known, a weight he hasn't for some time.

He's stout around the middle, thick in the thighs, thicker in the calves. His regular attire - on the farm, in the hotel lobby, at the ballpark, wherever -- is jeans, collared western shirt and boots, topped off with a cowboy hat.

That's a look you must own or leave at home.

"If you're driving a big truck and rocking the boots and the cowboy hat and the belt buckle, you better have some presence about you," veteran Braves backup catcher Dave Ross said. "You better have some credentials. If not, everybody's going to be like, who's this clown?"