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Post by hcmawfawo on Oct 1, 2023 16:17:13 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 1, 2023 16:18:06 GMT -5
My his soul rest in peace.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Oct 1, 2023 17:17:53 GMT -5
The world needs more Tim Wakefield's, not fewer. RIP Wake.
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 1, 2023 17:26:15 GMT -5
He won 200 games with his knuckles as a starter, long reliever and even closer if memory serves. You held your breath when he came into the game. He even had a personal catcher, Mirabelli for awhile. He was also always calm and low key in interviews which undoubtedly helped him smooth out the unpredictability of life as a knuckleballer.
Apparently he wanted to keep his illness private but it was released by Curt Schilling on his podcast. The Red Sox immediately responded that Curt was not authorized by the Wakefield Family to share medical information.
Schilling was kicked out of Rhode Island and ESPN and apparently estranged from the Red Sox. Remind me not to listen to his podcast which I never heard of anyway.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 1, 2023 17:39:12 GMT -5
Releasing that info was wrong. I will simply continue not listening to Curt.
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Post by Tom on Oct 1, 2023 19:08:44 GMT -5
Not sure when the diagnosis came, but this is really fast after Schilling outed him. Wake was working games for NESN in September
Silly stat: When Wake retired, he was (by a wide margin) the active leader in no hitters broken up in the 9th inning
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Post by alum on Oct 2, 2023 7:27:28 GMT -5
Not sure when the diagnosis came, but this is really fast after Schilling outed him. Wake was working games for NESN in September Silly stat: When Wake retired, he was (by a wide margin) the active leader in no hitters broken up in the 9th inning I read that he was only diagnosed a few weeks ago. He started having some vision problems and that prompted tests which revealed the cancer. Here is the announcement and reaction by the radio guys during the pregame. From this and other stuff I read, he seemed well liked by all around the club. x.com/SoxBooth/status/1708570563231252520?s=20 |
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Post by timholycross on Oct 2, 2023 8:01:03 GMT -5
Unfortunately, playing for the Pirates in the early 90s also puts him in the same category as other mlb brain cancer victims. Three Rivers Stadium had the same kind of playing surface.
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 2, 2023 18:00:41 GMT -5
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Post by WorcesterGray on Oct 3, 2023 8:14:48 GMT -5
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Post by clmetsfan on Oct 5, 2023 11:43:53 GMT -5
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Post by purplenurple on Oct 6, 2023 8:05:52 GMT -5
Another reason to support grass playing surfaces across sports. |
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