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Red Sox’ Wakefield retires after 19 years
AP ^
| February 17, 2012
| Staff
Posted on 02/17/2012 1:10:54 PM PST by C19fan
Tim Wakefield is retiring after pitching the last 17 seasons for the Boston Red Sox.
The 45-year-old knuckleballer planned to make the announcement at the team’s spring training facility at a news conference Friday evening.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: boston; mlb; sox; wakefield
Any knuckleballers left in MLB?
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:11:02 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I can only think of one... R. A. Dickey of the Mets
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:21:34 PM PST
by
So Cal Rocket
(Task 1: Accomplished, Task 2: Hold them Accountable!)
To: C19fan
All I can say to Tim And the rest of the Red Sox is there ain't no such thing as a Happy Valentine's Day.
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:31:36 PM PST
by
hflynn
To: C19fan
I wish I had the pension he’ll be eligible for.
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:33:15 PM PST
by
AU72
To: AU72
I’ll miss watching hitters corkscrew into the ground after missing that floater.
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:42:11 PM PST
by
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:42:49 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: CTyank
Somewhere, Arron Boone is laughing ..
To: CTyank
I won’t miss the titanic home runs when they didn’t miss.
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:47:32 PM PST
by
CTyank
To: CTyank
I won’t miss the titanic home runs when they didn’t miss.
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:47:32 PM PST
by
CTyank
To: CTyank
I won’t miss the titanic home runs when they didn’t miss.
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posted on
02/17/2012 1:47:36 PM PST
by
CTyank
To: C19fan
Wakefield’s had a great run. My college roommate saw Wakefield play for the Carolina Mudcats, and I’ve kept an eye on his career ever since. There is almost always one knuckleballer around — it took a few years for Wakefield to take up Niekro’s torch. We’ll see someone emerge in the next few years.
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posted on
02/17/2012 3:06:40 PM PST
by
MikeD
(We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
To: C19fan
Bob Uecker, when asked how to catch a knuckleball: “I wait until it stops rolling, then pick it up”.
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posted on
02/17/2012 4:31:37 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(I don't mind you hitting me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi.)
To: So Cal Rocket
I can only think of one... R. A. Dickey of the Mets
You're right. Wikipedia says there are a few in the minors. I wish more pitchers would throw them. It's fun to watch.
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posted on
02/17/2012 4:41:54 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(I don't mind you hitting me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi.)
To: C19fan
Most likely seems to be Seattle Mariners’ Charlie Haeger. Many pitchers, BTW, push a knuckleball on rare occasions.
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posted on
02/17/2012 4:54:20 PM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: C19fan
Sadly... the Twins will pick him up and pay him $25M for one year.
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posted on
02/17/2012 10:22:50 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR: Now, More Than Ever.)
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