(10-02-2023 10:45 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-02-2023 10:35 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(10-01-2023 08:55 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote: Our hearts are broken with the loss of Tim Wakefield.

Wake embodied true goodness; a devoted husband, father, and teammate, beloved broadcaster, and the ultimate community leader. He gave so much to the game and all of Red Sox Nation.

Our deepest love and thoughts are with Stacy, Trevor, Brianna, and the Wakefield family. http://pic.twitter.com/ah5kV2Yt8j

— Red Sox (@RedSox) October 1, 2023

apparently it was brain cancer....only 57 years old. R.I.P.

Knuckleball! is a must watch documentary … RIP, T-dub!

I caught for one of my dad's first cousins who was a knuckleball pitcher. That was an experience. His brother also floated the butterfly to the plate, but he had an excellent fast ball and curve and was offered a contract with the Braves. After a week he missed his wife and farm and simply told them no thanks. He could have made it easily. Just had never been away from home and didn't like it when he was. We lost the oldest one, but the other is still happily married and successfully farming. It's one thing to hit a knuckleball, it's quite another to catch it.

lol … I’ll try to make the following brief…

our Dixie youth all star squad made the World Series in ‘77 … we had 3 horses with 3 very distinct styles…

- our ace was clocked at 89 mph from DY distance - that equates ~106 mph in mlb

- our two guy was in the 81 range with the perfect ‘slurve’

- then there was our three guy … we called him “Eddy the Junk” … I loved calling his knuckler as I chirped into the batter’s ear hole…

w/o question, that ol’ boy made me work the hardest behind the plate…

#goodTimes!