FanIQ
In a weird way, Tim Wakefield's retirement is really weighing on me. It shouldn't, because I'm a Yankees' fan (read: elitist), and consequently what happens north of the Bronx in that city-that-should-not-be-named does not generally matter to me. But...
Japan Times
Myers Florida Tim Wakefield has never been afraid to face a hitter with his knuckleball, kind of like he's never been afraid to face the truth. After all, he pitched in parts of three decades, won 200 games along the way, was a part of two World...
Boston Globe
It's not often in sports that you get to say with a reasonable measure of certainty, Well, we'll never see that again.'' But it feels safe to say that we'll never witness another Tim Wakefield. He has sui generis status in Red Sox history,...
Boston Globe
There was a temptation to be stubborn, to show up at spring training and prove to the Red Sox once again that he wasn't finished with baseball, that his knuckleball was good for one more season. But Tim Wakefield, the most unconventional of pitchers,...
The Journal Gazette
Burnett to Pittsburgh for two minor leaguers, a deal that clears the way for New York to add Raul Ibanez. Pittsburgh will pay $13 million of the $33 million salary due Burnett for 2012 and 2013, a person familiar with the negotiations said Friday,...