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[DrJones]

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Absolutely terrible news about Tim Wakefield and his wife, both so young.

[pietasterp]

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Absolutely terrible news about Tim Wakefield and his wife, both so young.

Oh no! Terribly sad news. Wow.

[dubcity]

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I saw something last week that the Giants are only going to have 1 pitcher qualify by innings count this year.

I'm sure there are some other teams like that, too. But that kinda blew my mind

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I'm not surprised it's the Giants that did that. Kapler is all-in on analytics being > everything. Screw no-hitters and perfect games, gotta take that pitcher out, because...ya know, reasons.

[zello144]

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https://www.mlb.com/news/orioles-will-remain-in-baltimore-new-lease

Good to know they're staying. Now all those rumblings about them moving to Tennessee can go away. Now fix that MASN mess.

[Majingir]

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https://www.mlb.com/news/orioles-wil...more-new-lease



Good to know they're staying. Now all those rumblings about them moving to Tennessee can go away. Now fix that MASN mess.

I don't think many believed they would actually move. Everyone knew it was all just talk to try getting a deal done.

[Majingir]

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Sad to hear this

https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/1708550648914903185?t=UYuwVo12HXtzLP3ceG8ZSQ&s=19

Whenever I think of a knuckleball pitcher, I think of Tim Wakefield.

[LowerWolf]

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RIP to both Brooks Robinson and Tim Wakefield.

I guess most people remember Wakefield with the Red Sox, but I still associate him the most with giving the Braves fits in the 1992 NLCS.

[DrJones]

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RIP to both Brooks Robinson and Tim Wakefield.

I guess most people remember Wakefield with the Red Sox, but I still associate him the most with giving the Braves fits in the 1992 NLCS.

Such a fun pitcher to watch. He was the starter in the only Sox game I've seen at Fenway. RIP

[Speedy]

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Fascinating a pitch with zero rotation could do such work against a hitter.

[jeebs9]

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Sad to hear this

https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/1708550648914903185?t=UYuwVo12HXtzLP3ceG8ZSQ&s=19

Whenever I think of a knuckleball pitcher, I think of Tim Wakefield.

I'm completely shocked. He couldn't be more than 55 right? This is very sad.

[Majingir]

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I'm completely shocked. He couldn't be more than 55 right? This is very sad.

The news came with controversy too.

Curt Schilling was the first to publicly reveal that Wakefield AND his wife were suffering from different forms of cancer. People were ripping him for sharing private info like that.

Then a few days later we find out Wakefield died.

In hindsight it "softened the blow" a bit, but still was unnecessary when it was news nobody wanted to publicly share at the time.

[Blzer]

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The news came with controversy too.

Curt Schilling was the first to publicly reveal that Wakefield AND his wife were suffering from different forms of cancer. People were ripping him for sharing private info like that.

Then a few days later we find out Wakefield died.

In hindsight it "softened the blow" a bit, but still was unnecessary when it was news nobody wanted to publicly share at the time.

It was weird to hear of his death right after that. Obviously he wasn't doing well leading up to it, but you feel like when you first hear the news that maybe that's just the beginning of its development. I had no idea he was pretty much meeting his end. So I'm not sure I was ready for that. It may have made it harder for me.

As a silly connection, it's like when I don't know a certain movie is in production, then they show a trailer revealing that it's coming out in like three weeks and I go: "Where did that come from? Didn't they just start making it??"

Bottom line, I shouldn't attribute my knowledge acquisition with the timing of real life events. Things happen when they do whether I know about them or not.

This news seriously sucks though, and a double whammy at that given his wife. I suppose we should shame Schilling for this if he didn't want others to know about it.

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[steelerfan]

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Schilling is a POS.

Now, he can live with knowing that Tim passed away undoubtedly upset that Curt put his private business out there. Knowing Schilling, he probably doesn't care and still thinks he did the right thing.

Sorry, Curt. Your excuse for doing that fell flat and completely failed. There were no miracles. Your friend is gone, and you're an ***.

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[Majingir]

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Schilling is a POS.

Now, he can live with knowing that Tim passed away undoubtedly upset that Curt put his private business out there. Knowing Schilling, he probably doesn't care and still thinks he did the right thing.

Sorry, Curt. Your excuse for doing that fell flat and completely failed. There were no miracles. Your friend is gone, and you're an ***.

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Given his health, I'm not even sure he'd even be aware of things like that.

[steelerfan]

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Given his health, I'm not even sure he'd even be aware of things like that.

Possibly.

Either way, his wife likely knows, and even if she doesn't, he certainly has family that knows. Just a deplorable thing to do.

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