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Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield dies, 57

By adamg on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 5:00pm
Boston City Hall in Red Sox colors to honor Tim Wakefied

City Hall lit in Sox colors tonight to honor Wakefield. Photo by Isabel Leon of the mayor's office.

The Red Sox announced pitching hero Tim Wakefield died today.

Wakefield, who pitched for two World Series-winning Sox teams, won 186 games for the team, third behind Cy Young and Roger Clemens.

He is survived by his wife Stacy, son Trevor and daughter Brianna.

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By robo on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 5:11pm.

And always being a consummate competitor.

RIP

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By anon on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 5:14pm.

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By Betty White on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 5:19pm.

Gone way to soon. He gave so much in his short time on earth.

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By what what now? on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 6:14pm.

Thank you for being a class act, a champion and part of Boston's rich legacy.

This is sad. Even sadder that his widow Stacy is battling cancer herself.
I expect that with this news, she must've known that Tim wasn't so much "battling" cancer but on his deathbed. When that jackass nazi Schilling made that very personal information public, without their wishes for it to be public, Stacy left a very pointed message back to him.
I hope he has the good manners to not show up at the wake or funeral, regardless of being a teammate. If he does, it'll be adding insult to injury.
Blessings to Stacy in her battle and to their children for the tragedy they're facing.

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By mg on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 11:36pm.

Given how ill he must have been this week, I hope Wake never learned what Schilling had done.

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By jmeltzer on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 7:37am.

Who is this other person?

Certainly someone who's never getting into the HOF, and let that statement be the last mention of him.

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By tachometer on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 8:56am.

I may have missed something from her and all I saw was reporting on the statement they made that was released via the Red Sox.

Varitek's wife tweeted a very pointed barb at Schilling which was widely reported, is that the one you're thinking of?

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By what what now? on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 10:07am.

I thought I read that Stacy made a comment directed at Schilling.
If it was Tek's wife, deservedly so as well. I expect that Stacy Wakefield didn't object to it.

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By what what now? on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 12:07pm.

And she held nothing back, but as I said earlier, I don't expect that Stacy Wakefield objected to it. Saved her the pain and anguish to have to deal with that horrible situation.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 6:16pm.

He was truly unique in sticking with his playing style and one of the greats. I feel so sad for his family in this horrifically difficult time.

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By Ari O on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 7:20pm.

Brain cancer especially.

I had a cousin who passed away in his mid-50s. He'd met the woman he would marry about 12 years before, so his daughter was 7.

It's just … so sad.

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By ChrisF on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 7:17pm.

The past 7 years of my life are far different than I could have ever imagined. I'm so thankful to live in such a great city to be getting medical treatment.

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By mg on Tue, 10/03/2023 - 7:48pm.

I'm so sorry you're dealing with brain cancer. I lost a dear friend to it a few years ago. And, yes, if one has to deal with cancer Boston is a great place to get treatment - I'm very grateful to the excellent staff at Dana-Farber.

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By Carty on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 8:29am.

Baseball on TV is unfortunate, better than it was I suppose.

I did not know what a fastball was until I saw Fat Roger at Fenway, same for Wakefield's knuckleball.

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By anon on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 11:59am.

"But as a Christian and a man of faith, I have seen prayer work, and so I’m going to talk about it. …Tomorrow is never, ever a given."

Schilling was right about tomorrow, but wrong about day-after-tomorrow.

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By StillFromDorchester on Wed, 10/04/2023 - 12:52am.

My husband explained the knuckleball to me in detail, it was his way of mourning :(

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