Lest We Forget: Tim Wakefield

October 4, 2023

Knuckler: My Life with Baseball's Most Confounding PitchThe news that Tim Wakefield had died at the age of 57 from brain cancer was a shocker (the leaked info from Curt Schilling notwithstanding).

I heard the sad tidings during the Mets game on Sunday. It never ceases to amaze me how “life goes on” after a few minutes of eulogizing. Back to the business of baseball.

Here’s his obituary in The New York Times by Richard Sandomir and on Boston.com.

Wakefield debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1992, going 8-1, but spent 17 of his 19 big league seasons with the Boston Red Sox, helping them to a World Championship in 2004 and 2007. The knuckleballer won an even 200 games, putting him second in career Red Sox victories with 186, behind Roger Clemens and Cy Young tied with 192.

Wakefield published his autobiography, appropriately titled Knuckler: My Life with Baseball’s Most Confounding Pitch, with the help of Boston journalist Tony Massarotti in 2011. No doubt there will be an uptick in sales.

 

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