boston.redsox.mlb.com - 7/6/2009
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By Ian Browne / MLB.com 07/05/09 7:34 PM ET BOSTON -- An accomplishment that Tim Wakefield will likely savor well past his playing days -- if he decides to stop playing -- was preceded by a prank. Manager Terry Francona was so ecstatic that Wakefield had made the All-Star team for the first ...
blog.masslive.com - 7/6/2009
bizofbaseball.com - 7/5/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
The following is commentary and interviews from today's
TBS All-Star Selection show. Analyst commentary by David Wells,...
Cal Ripken, Jr., and Dennis Eckersley. Player interviews with Evan Longoria of the Rays, and Chase Utley of the Phillies. Interviews with All-Star managers Joe Maddon ...
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From Playing to Hair, TBS All-Star Selection Show ...
blog.masslive.com - 7/6/2009
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blog.masslive.com —
APRangers ace Kevin Millwood is one of several
deserving players who were left off the American League...
roster for the All-Star Game. With good news for Tim Wakefield comes bad news for All-Star Game hopefuls on other teams. Simple math...
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Plenty of observers irked by Tim Wakefield All-Star ...
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Wakefield Is (Finally) An All-Star
The Joy of Sox —
... At 42 years old, Wakefield is the oldest All-Star rookie since Satchel Paige went to the 1952 ASG at age 46. Jamie Moyer (40 in 2003) and Connie Marrero (40 in 1951) are the only other players to become All-Stars for the first time at age 40+. ...
A Tip of the Cap to Joe Maddon
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog —
In a very classy gesture, Joe Maddon, manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, used one of his picks to name Tim Wakefield to the American League All Star Game Team. Whether perceived or real, a budding rivalry between the Sox and the Rays could have cast a shadow over the possibility of any Sox being picked by Maddon with his allotted manager's picks. Joe Maddon rose above this with ...
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bleacherreport.com 7/5/2009 — Tim Wakefield has been good, if not great, for the Boston Red Sox. He has stepped up big when it matters the most and I give him all the props in the world.
He is an excellent pitcher with an excellent story. However, he is no All Star.
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mvn.com 7/9/2009 —
It has literally nothing to
do with Tim Wakefield himself, and literally everything to do with that
topsy-turvy knuckleball of his.
For years now, almost 15 in
Boston to be exact, I have sat on the couch to watch Tim Wakefield pitch, and
my head acted just like his signature pitch.
A ...
Tim Wakefield is officially an All-Star
batter-upwithbruno.blogspot.com 7/5/2009 — A dream has finally come true for Boston Red Sox veteran pitcher Tim Wakefield. After posting arguments about why Wakefield should and shouldn't be selected as an All-Star , the managers have spoken and selected him for the American League roster in St. Louis. ...
Wakefield is an All-Star in Boston's eyes
batter-upwithbruno.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — He's got a knuckleball that floats like a butterfly, but stings like a bee. He might be one of the most underrated pitchers of his kind in the game today, but the Boston Red Sox know how lucky they are and how valuable Tim Wakefield really is. ...
No More Waiting For Wake
gofor2.net 7/6/2009 — The MLB All-Star team was released over the weekend, and as usual there are some snubs and some weird selections, but really nothing egregious happened. Without anything horrible to focus on, I figured I’d take a look at the most positive thing to come out of the 2009 All-Star selections. ...
Tim Wakefield gets presidential
bostonherald.com 7/15/2009 — S T. LOUIS - Tim Wakefield [ stats ] didn t get a chance to show the world his tricky knuckleball at last night s All-Star Game. Relegated to a sort of secret-weapon role by American League manager Joe Maddon, Wakefield s job was to be prepared for ...
Let us all take a moment to feel sorry for old Tim Wakefield
sports.yahoo.com 7/16/2009 — 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 ...
Hooray for Wake!
deepintosports.com 7/13/2009 — Regardless of what happens in Tuesday’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game, whether it be a great game or a debacle, the naming of knuckleballer Tim Wakefield to his first All-Star team is a great story and an honor well-deserved by a classy player.
At forty-two, Wakefield is the ...
Tim Wakefield: An All-Star for the Rest of Us
sportsofboston.com 7/8/2009 — Let’s get one thing straight right off the top, shall we?
Using traditional criteria, Tim Wakefield did not necessarily deserve to be in the All-Star Game. Sure, he is tied for the American League lead with 10 wins, but we all know that wins are one of the most over-rated statistics in ...
MLB All-Star Game Snubbery —
Bleacher Report - MLB 7/6/2009
With the All-Star Game comes snubs. It is what happens when you let the the world vote when the world doesn't seem to know how to read numbers.
What is more frustrating is the fact the game counts for home-field advantage in the World ...
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