Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield
Timothy Stephen "Tim" Wakefieldis an American former professional baseball pitcher. Wakefield began his pitching career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but is most remembered for his 17-year tenure with the Boston Red Sox, starting in 1995 and ending with his retirement in 2012 as the longest-serving player on the team. Wakefield, at the time of his retirement, was the oldest active player in the majors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 August 1966
CityMelbourne, FL
CountryUnited States of America
That's not the reason I do it. It's almost embarrassing to get recognition for things off the field. I feel like I'm supposed to do these things. I have an opportunity to give back to a lot of people who deserve help, who deserve a chance.
I told Manny, 'You're going to win this thing,' ... And he said, 'No. David said he was going to win it for us.'
I've never seen a guy work so hard, and he inspired me to really work at my craft and perfect it as much as possible. In between starts he worked his tail off to get better for his next start. That's one thing that I've carried in my career in Boston.
I've seen a lot of changes over my 12 years here. Some have been great. Some have been bad. I think the change this year is great.
It's so easy to be thankful when you're on top of your game and everything is going right. But when I gave up the home run to Aaron, I had to be thankful for that, too. It may have been God's plan to make me stronger for 2004.
It's a huge honor, considering some of the guys who had just as good years as I did. I have to say I couldn't have done what I did this year without the help of every member of my team.
It's not like we're that far behind. We have to play good in Baltimore, and go back home and play great at home.
A lot of us are mentally tired 'cause it's been such a long road. But it's good for some of the younger guys to see what it feels like to win this.
You don?t think a ball that barely makes the foul pole is going to beat you,
Randy pitched unbelievably today and unfortunately we came out on the short end of the stick. He had his A-game today and it was unfortunate we had to face that today.
Probably the best knuckleball I threw all day. It got away from Josh. It's the nature of the beast sometimes. But I thought Josh did a great job back there.
After playing the Yankees and coming here, we're the most important team in baseball right now,
I'd rather not talk about myself like that. I'm sorry.
I don't think we can get in the other way. I think we need to win the division to get in. There are too many other teams playing well.