boston.redsox.mlb.com - 8/17/2008
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BOSTON -- Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield threw on the Fenway Park field on Sunday, making it back-to-back days in which he's tried to work out the kinks in his stiff right shoulder, which landed the veteran on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 12, retroactive to Aug. 7. Manager Terry Francona stressed that the situation with Wakefield is a work in progress. The team is working toward finding a ...
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Red Sox Injury Wire 8/17
Fenway Bound —
As if a 15-4 loss wasn't enough insult, the injuries -- J.D.'s stiff back and Wakey's stiff shoulder -- might not bode well for the nine game road trip.
I said it a couple of days ago, and I'll say it again. Wakey might not make it back from the DL, and the way the Sox are talking isn't very reassuring.
"What we do want to do is, if we put a guy on the DL, have him have a chance to come back and pitch with health -- not pitch once and go backward. That's why we did this."
Francona told Mike Remme of MLB.com in an article ominously titled "No Timetable Set for Wakefield's Return" ...
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The Joy of Sox —
... J.D. Drew left yesterday's game with tightness in his lower back. ... Tim Wakefield tossed a ball for the second consecutive day, but there's no timetable for his return. ... Jonathan Papelbon is still battling ...
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No timetable set for Wake's return —
Major League Baseball News 8/17/2008
Manager Terry Francona stressed that the situation with Tim Wakefield is a work in progress. The team is working toward finding a target date for the knuckleballer to return to the starting rotation, but no such timetable is set at the moment.
