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mvn.com - 7/17/2009

Critics of Maddon's Handling of Wakefield Misguided

— mvn.com — The way that a vocal minority on sports talk radio from the Cape Cod to Burlington, Vermont... tells the story, Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield got the short end of the stick at the All-Star Game. Reserved for "extra-inning duties," Wakefield was left to cheer on his league mates ... (more) Critics of Maddon's Handling of Wakefield Misguided

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mvn.com - 7/17/2009

My New Sawx Jersey

— mvn.com — When I was writing my Wakefield column --well, rant, I guess--last night, I remembered an old You... Tube video from last season, My New Sawx Jersey, essentially the My New Haircut video for a Red Sox fan. Figured it would be worth posting again now. Enjoy. (more) My New Sawx Jersey

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yougabsports.com - 7/15/2009

Tim Wakefield should have pitched.

— yougabsports.com — I'm glad the AL won the semi meaningless All Star game but I'm a little miffed about... a few things. I'll skip the political rant and stick to the main beef. Why didn't Joe Maddon get Tim Wakefield in for a couple of batters in say the third, forth or fifth inning? I know he was afraid to ... (more) Tim Wakefield should have pitched.

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Let us all take a moment to feel sorry for old Tim Wakefield
Big League Stew — ST LOUIS — A lot of situations in baseball are labeled as ironic and what happened to old Tim Wakefield during Tuesday night's All-Star Game can accurately be described as such.  After battling through a 17-year career and then finally making his first All-Star Game this season, the very skills of endurance that Wakefield used for the achievement prevented him from throwing even one pitch. The 42-year-old Boston lefty remained in the American League bullpen for the entire night and thus leaves St. Louis with the same amount of All-Star experience that he had before. Here's guessing that Wake doesn't have another 17 years so he can actually appear in ...

Critics of Maddon's Handling of Wakefield Misguided
Around the Majors — The way that a vocal minority on sports talk radio from the Cape Cod to Burlington, Vermont tells the story, Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield got the short end of the stick at the All-Star Game. Reserved for "extra-inning duties," Wakefield was left to cheer on his league mates since the situation didn't call for him to throw a pitch, leading to some misguided outrage at the situation. Some carrying card members of Red Sox nation have gone so far as to call American League manager Joe Maddon classless for not giving the veteran an inning in his first, and what will likely be his only, All-Star appearance. You can count Nick Colon among the Maddon critics (H/T ...

Wakefield Didn’t Deserve To Get In All-Star Game
Dugout Central — The way that a vocal minority on sports talk radio from Cape Cod to Burlington, Vermont tells the story, Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield got the short end of the stick at the All-Star Game. Reserved for “extra-inning duties,” Wakefield was left to cheer on his league mates since the situation didn’t call for him to throw a pitch, leading to some misguided outrage at the situation. Some carrying card members of Red Sox nation have gone so far as to call American League manager Joe Maddon classless for not giving the veteran an inning in his first, and what will likely be his only, All-Star appearance. You can count Nick Colon among the Maddon critics (H/T ...