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The knuckleball is lacking in summer’s game
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, MLB,
The knuckleball is a lost art. Only a handful of pitchers in the major leagues throw it, namely Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey, but beyond them, you will not see anybody crossing up any batters with the corkscrew pitch on a regular basis. Even less common are guys who throw a knuckleball sparingly as part of a repertoire and not simply as a primary pitch with a 70-to-80 MPH “fastball” as a part of the mix.
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Red Sox holdovers starting to age
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, MLB,
The Boston Red Sox ended an 86-year-long World Series drought with their dramatic title run in 2004. Now, six years later, only a handful of players from that team still call Fenway Park home. Team mainstays Tim Wakefield, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, and Kevin Youkilis are the only members of the Red Sox with two World Series rings adorning their fingers. Wakefield’s impact is only felt once every five days, and Youkilis is still a relatively young member, but how long is too long to hold on to legends who are no longer producing?
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The Wake of the strikeout storm
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, MLB,
When it comes to pitching, one of the biggest milestones is strikeouts. Ten strikeouts in a game; 200 in a season, all kinds of career numbers, etc. It’s one of those that Boston’s famous knuckleballer, Tim Wakefield is hoping to reach early this season, and MLB.com has him projected to do so against the Yankees. At 1,979, Wakefield is just a few batters away from 2,000 for his career, a number only reached by 63 others before him.
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Halos Down Bo-Sox 5-3
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, MLB, Scoreboard,
Thanks in part to home runs from Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were able to defeat the Boston Red Sox by a score of 5-3 on Sunday. Long reliever Darren Oliver notched the victory, while Tim Wakefield took the loss.
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