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.
You just try to minimize the damage and you get your concentration down to one hitter at a time, in and out. I was fortunate enough to get three strikeouts there and get us out of the inning.
All three of them have done a great job of catching me. I don't have a preference of who I throw to.
I'm very comfortable with him. He's done a tremendous job. He takes a lot of pride in what he does.
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.
That first inning, I kind of struggled with my mechanics, then I got the feeling back and then I was able to work out of some jams in the second and fourth innings.
I made one bad pitch to Gibbons. I felt great. I could have pitched extra innings.
I'm not using that as an excuse. I made some bad pitches.
I'm not worried. They're all professionals, regardless of where they came from.
It's incredible how he does things the way he does them. He's Mr. Clutch. He proved that last postseason. He did it again tonight for us.
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.