Tim Wakefield Retires

[EmpireWF]

He's been with the Sox for 17 seasons, 2 with Pittsburgh before that, 200 career wins.

1-0 in the World Series, went 3.2 innings, gave up 5 runs but got the win nonetheless. :wildthing:

http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2012/02/17/tim-wakefields-to-announce-retirement/

His Boston record is 186-168, four wins behind Cy Young & Clemens. Wow.

[Youk]

Tim Wakefield To Retire

https://twitter.com/#!/brianmacp/status/170547037941665792

http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2012/02/17/tim-wakefields-to-announce-retirement/

Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports that Tim Wakefield has decided to retire.
He'll officially announce his retirement at a press conference later Friday. Wakefield, 45, played 19 major league seasons and retires with an even 200 wins to go along with a 4.41 ERA and 1.35 WHIP for the Pirates and Red Sox. He wanted to return to the Sox for a 20th season, but they weren't willing to offer him a deal and the knuckleballer has decided to hang up his cleats rather than accept a minor league deal elsewhere. Feb 17 - 11:41 AM

When his knuckleball was on, he was a nice little surprise for the Red Sox. When it was off

Not bad for a guy who was drafted as a second baseman.
But either way,

[FirstTimer]

Really wanted to see him get the Red Sox All Time wins mark.

[FirstTimer]

He's been with the Sox for 17 seasons, 2 with Pittsburgh before that, 200 career wins.

1-0 in the World Series, went 3.2 innings, gave up 5 runs but got the win nonetheless. :wildthing:

http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2012/02/17/tim-wakefields-to-announce-retirement/

His Boston record is 186-168, four wins behind Cy Young & Schilling. Wow.

:joeybats:

[Slateman]

Wow ... I honestly thought he was going to pitch forever.

[FedEx227]

:joeybats:

Yeah pretty sure Schilling has like 35 wins with the Red Sox.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Cy Young is like, yeah, well, catch my 400 wins with the Cleveland Spiders, pussy.

[EmpireWF]

:joeybats:

Yeah, misread the line in the story. CLEMENS de prick, not Schilling de gamer.

[Leftwich]

Cy Young is like, yeah, well, catch my 400 wins with the Cleveland Spiders, pussy.

And how exactly did he say that to Tim Wakefield?

Logic.

[chazmaniandevil]

And how exactly did he say that to Tim Wakefield?

Logic.

"don't believe everything you see on the internet"

-abraham lincoln

[dell71]

Jamie Moyer can't believe Wakefield is hanging 'em up at such a young age.

[Goober]

Well the trivia question, "who leads active MLB pitchers in K's" sure got a lot less interesting this offseason.