Detroit Rock City: Wakefield baffles
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What they continue to demonstrate, more than anything else, is an impeccable sense of timing. When to run. When to hit. When to start playing like a tried-and-true
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Question: After setting the stage for ultra-aggressive racing at Richmond, how will NASCAR officials police rough driving Saturday?
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It's different now. There are people who claim to be members of Red Sox Nation who have no idea that Bucky Dent's middle name is Bleeping. There are people under pink hats wearing PEDROIA jerseys who think Big Papi, not Ted Williams, is the greatest hitter who ever lived. They don't know that there was a guy named ...
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Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is being left off Boston's roster for the World Series because of a bad shoulder. The 41-year-old Wakefield fought through back problems late in the season and was kept off the roster for the first-round series against the Los Angeles Angels.
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Tim Wakefield tossed a three-hitter  over eight innings to inspire the Boston Red Sox to their sixth  straight victory, a 6-1 defeat of the Detroit Tigers in the  American League Sunday.
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Curtis Granderson of the Detroit Tigers has written the words âDonât think. Have Funâ on his cap as a reminder to play baseball loosely and not scrutinize every situation.
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Tim Wakefield's knuckleball baffled the Chicago White Sox and sent the surging Boston Red Sox to another victory.
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Break up the Red Sox. A similar cry could be heard from beaten rivals when the Yankees dominated the World Series half a century ago. Now that the Olde Towne Team has won its second October Classic in four years, how many of last night's champagne-spattered champions will be back next spring?
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The run machine that had been the Indians offense has sputtered lately, but Cleveland couldn&#39;t have picked a better place to go for a tune-up than the Motor City.
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Forget all the nonsense in the stands. The baseball is what matters. Let the Red Sox fans jeer Alex Rodriguez. Let them wear the blond wings and scream "Mine!" every time a pop fly is hit in his direction and rhythmically chant "A-Rod, A-Rod" when he's facing Jonathan Papelbon with two away and an 0-2 count in the ninth inning ...
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Manager Eric Wedge wanted to hear the sound of hammer on rock Monday night at Comerica Park. He wanted to know that the Indians&#39; offense was making little ones out of big ones again.
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DETROIT _ It was blowing so hard there was an inch-high chop on the birdbath. The 47-degree temperature didn't bode well for fly hatches, and a light-but-steady drizzle didn't add to the day's attractiveness.
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After shutting down the city, shouldn't Boston officials just swallow hard and hope the embarrassment fades away? James Poniewozik on the Aqua Team brouhaha
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ATLANTA - Perry Mason lost a case once. Mariano Rivera blows the occasional save during the postseason. Janet Jackson has a clothing malfunction every now and again.
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My apologies to those of you who worship at the altar of the New York Yankees, but I laughed myself silly when the Boston Red Sox defeated your favorites 10-3 last Wednesday
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Tim Wakefield put it behind him a long, long time ago. It was never healthy to dwell on something so upsetting and so devastating. If you let negative experiences define you, then moving forward is practically impossible.
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Tim Wakefield is a knuckleballer. The normal rules do not apply.