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
We've been on the other side of this. . . . You really have to sweep a series to gain any ground. Leaving here five up would have been nice, but we're up three and we've got other games to play.
With Damon and Millar, all of us had such a good time even when we were stretching. Now it's a little quieter, but we don't even know our teammates yet.
We would have liked to win the division, ... but we're in. That's all that matters.
To hold onto Manny's bat in the lineup, I'm glad he decided to stay.
You hate to put your team down that much early, but I can't say enough about our offence. I am fortunate to be pitching on the right days when they have been scoring all those runs.
You hate to put your team down but I can't say enough about our offense. I've been fortunate to pitch on the right day, when we score all those runs.
Everybody that was on that team can take that to their grave.
I don't know why it happened the way it happened tonight.
I am happy for Doug. I'm disappointed in a selfish way for myself, but you have to look at the future for Doug, and he's going to get a chance to play every day in San Diego and do some good things for his family.
My approach is going to be the same as it was with any other team during the years. I have to be able to throw strikes and try to get outs, as many outs as I can get. We'll see what happens ...
Obviously the Yankees lineup is one of the best in the American League. But I think if we pitch the way we're able to pitch and play defense, I think we can beat them like we have in years past.
We've been in this situation before. Now that we're back at home playing in front of our home crowd, there's still a chance.
That's the plan. It's worked before between Pedro and Schilling and myself. You'd have to ask hitters if it really makes a difference, but I think if you get in a three-game series with Schilling, myself and (Josh) Beckett, that kind of contrast, I think chances are pretty good if we all have our 'A' games that day.
That ball was smashed. The way the wind was blowing, that shows how strong the guy really is.