You're being way too kind Kevin
Red Sox/MLB 2023 Regular Season- IX: Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield and his wife are both battling cancer
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If you grew up a Sox fan in his time you saw Wake pitch live at Fenway at some point. I too saw him probably 40% of the time I went as a kid. I saw him give up a homer to Bonds. Was the last stadium Bonds needed to hit a homer in.
Truly a Red Sox icon. I remember a Wakefield commercial on NESN in my early childhood that was basically a poem about his knuckleball
Truly a Red Sox icon. I remember a Wakefield commercial on NESN in my early childhood that was basically a poem about his knuckleball
I can't blame Duquette for thinking this by the way. Clemens had an ERA of 4.18 and 3.63 his last two years here. He goes to Toronto and proceed to go 2.05 and 2.65. And we know why Roger was able to perform later in his career. That is not a secret.
The thing with Damon is it happened when this was actually still a fierce rivalry. Fans don't care about him going to the Yankees anymore but at the time it was raw and it hurt. Plus Damon did kinda step in it by saying he would never go to the Yankees. That didn't help his cause.
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Just heard on the Baseball Hour that Cora expects him to be the opening day starter next season.
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Mr Cartmenez
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I hope and wish all the best for Tim Wakefield. A very classy guy. He probably was my initial favorite pitcher when I started following the Red Sox back then. Not because I thought he was the best or electric as Pedro, but he went out and made the other hitters look extraordinarily bad and especially fooled some of his own catchers. I will never forget the extra inning in the ALCS from him where Varitek caught him and had like 3 passed balls.
Get well soon, Tim.
Get well soon, Tim.
Met Wake many times at a country club I used to work at, he was a very nice guy to me and all the the staff, which was pretty rare with that crowd. Wish him and his wife the best.
KrejciMVP
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Boston media talking about respecting people's privacy is definitely comical
I might’ve done the wastewater operations at that country club about 8-9 years ago, Pretty sure i saw Wake zippin around on the cart once. I know he lived in that neighborhood. Was definitely at some country club that I’d only cover if people were out from work. I think Belichick lives(d) there too.
That was a crappy job (literally).
GatorMike
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He's part of the MLB Umpire's Association. MLB can't get rid of him, no matter how bad he is.
Not sure i understand this. How is there no room for getting rid of someone based on job performance? If he wants to ump until he's 80 there's nothing they can do? Can the umpires association dump him? I would think they are all sick of him too.
N o o d l e s
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Haha yep Wake, Bill, and Varitek all lived there. I only saw Bill play about 3 times in 5 years there, was in Nantucket most of the time. Wake was very active at the club tho, really friendly with the staff and with the other members. Played in club tournaments and everything, not typical for celebrity members
If I typed what I have told friends in conversations I would have had to ban myself....
It was iodine, and obvious at the time but the media had a narrative to hew to.
GatorMike
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The CBA between MLB and the MLBUA is structured such that MLB can't fire an umpire for making subjective calls. He could be fired for gross misconduct or for misapplying rules. All poor performance does is make sure that he won't get post-season assignments.
Could the Umpires Association dump him? I guess. Will they? Not a chance.
Dennis Bonvie
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Maserotti is clearly devastated by the news. I thought he was going to lose it a few times.
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