Knuckleballer needs to straighten it out
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Bailed out by his offense for the second straight start after lasting less than four innings, Tim Wakefield had few specific reasons for his performances since returning from a missed outing because of back trouble. His health was fine. He thought his pitches were going to be fine. But the Devil Rays - almost always fooled by the knuckleball - ...
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Tim Wakefield learned the hard way not to try to sneak a knuckleball by Barry Bonds.
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In what must now be considered an epidemic, yet another pitcher involved in this postseason has broken his non-throwing hand during a tantrum that followed a poor performance.
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Mention Bernard Hopkins, and Felix Trinidad winces. Bring up Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones, and Trinidad shakes his head.
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There are progressions that must continue in Josh Beckett's game. Last season, he went over the 200-inning hump for the first time. He faced American League hitters for the first time and realized how much tougher the lineups with a DH can be.
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Sidearm curveballs, regular fastballs, and even some knuckleballs. No matter the direction or the spin, Jordan Brower was nearly unhittable.
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Another game, another postseason classic. It will be news if the Red Sox and Yankees ever play a yawner. Last night certainly does not qualify.
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DENVER, Sept. 9 -- Lost in the morass of errors in Friday night's 11-8 loss to the Colorado Rockies -- there were six, tying a Washington Nationals franchise record -- was another form of sloppy baseball, and it came from the arms of their pitchers.
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The sacrificial firing of the Metsâ hitting coach has exposed tensions that until now have been held below the surface.
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This season, Tim Wakefield's performance has fluttered like his knuckleball, fluctuating unpredictably between great and ugly.
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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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Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols is still having problems with a heel injury that hindered him much of last season.
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Attention Red Sox season ticket holders: Those precious postseason tickets could be at risk -- and it has nothing to do with the current state of Tim Wakefield's knuckleball.
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If there are aspects of Craig Hansen's sidetracked career that resemble a waking nightmare, you should know that it has been far worse when the Red Sox reliever was sleeping. Just ask any of his roommates in the last few years.
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Woody Williams tried cutting the ball. He tried sinking it, tried spinning it. He threw fastballs over the middle, inside, up, down, and he changed speeds.
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Baseball&#39;s most star-crossed franchise is either on the verge of purging its demons or setting this town up for the ultimate tease and fall.
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Tim Wakefieldâs knuckleball has revised his career and made him one of the of the most productive pitchers in Red Sox history.