Tim Wakefield retires

[Dojji]

per 98.5.

 

Congratulations on a great career, Wake. It was time to hang it up, but your contributions to this team will be remembered.

 

This got some play in the offseason threat but it's worth breaking out. However you feel about last year, this is a guy who did a lot for us so we should show him some respect.

[Spitball]

He provided some great memories and will be missed. I'm glad he decided to retire rather than keep hanging on.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

He was always one of my favorites. It's going to be weird watching a Red Sox team without him. Oh well, it was time.

[FredLynn]

Congratulations on a good (not great) career; thanks for all you contributed to the Red Sox. Too bad you turned a bit selfish at the end though.

Here's your coat.

[a700hitter]

Let's have a night for him, maybe hand out a bobble head doll and let him throw out a ceremonial first pitch, but thankfully no more starts.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Lol half of talksox is going to get shitfaced tonight.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

It's a Friday night in New England, most of us will be shitfaced tonight no matter what

 

I will tip a 40 to the memory of dis knuckleballin homie tonight

[BSN07]

Thanks for everything Tim, you have been a class act your entire tenure in Boston and your contributions to the Red Sox franchise and the community will never be forgotten #knucklin49

[a700hitter]

... and so ends Doug Mirabelli's comeback bid.

[BSN07]

... and so ends Doug Mirabelli's comeback bid.

 

Ok, I chuckled a bit on this one. Don't let it go to your head

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Thank god.

[a700hitter]

Ok' date=' I chuckled a bit on this one. Don't let it go to your head [/quote']You wouldn't want me to get a big head.

[BSN07]

You wouldn't want me to get a big head.

It's already crowding the forum lol Any bigger and you will be here all by yourself

[yeszir]

It'll be weird to see a Red Sox team without him.

[kapsis21]

Hats off Tim Wakefield... loved him for the role he played in 2004 and 2007

[Emmz]

You wouldn't want me to get a big head.

 

You know that crown don't fit no more.

[a700hitter]

It's already crowding the forum lol Any bigger and you will be here all by yourself

Sometimes I am the only one here.

[a700hitter]

You know that crown don't fit no more.

Most of the time the attire is Monarch casual-- just an adjustable cardboard crown. The official crown is only worn at formal events like Red Sox games, Monster car shows, and happy hour at the bar.

[VA Sox Fan]

Thanks for everything TIM-MAY, especially 2004 & 2007.

 

Well done, good timing. Glad he is retiring as a Red Sox!

[Emmz]

Most of the time the attire is Monarch casual-- just an adjustable cardboard crown. The official crown is only worn at formal events like Red Sox games' date=' Monster car shows, and happy hour at the bar.[/quote']

 

You go to Burger King to steal their crowns? You're cool!

[a700hitter]

You go to Burger King to steal their crowns? You're cool!

I get them with the kids meals. What kind of example would I be setting if I stole them? Future generations of phony, self-anointed internet forum king would be lawless.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Lol

[Reck]

Should have happened years ago.

[Emmz]

I get them with the kids meals. What kind of example would I be setting if I stole them? Future generations of phony' date=' self-anointed internet forum king would be lawless.[/quote']

 

"Could you cross out the 'burger' and write 'of talksox'? And make it snappy, PEASANT."

[sleepyhollow]

Tim Wakefield decides to retire

 

 

FORT MYERS — Tim Wakefield [stats] has decided to retire.

 

After 19 seasons, including the past 17 with the Red Sox [team stats], the veteran knuckleballer will call it quits in a 5 p.m. press conference tonight at JetBlue [JBLU] Park. As recently as December, he had expressed a desire to play one more season, preferably with the Red Sox. But the team didn’t reciprocate with a major-league offer, and last week, agent Barry Meister told the Herald that Wakefield was mulling his options, including retirement.

 

Wakefield — at 45, the oldest player in the majors last season — finishes with a 200-180 record and 4.41 ERA in 627 appearances (463 starts) for the Pirates and Red Sox. With the Sox, he notched 186 wins, six shy of matching Roger Clemens and Cy Young for the all-time club record, a mark he admitted would have had great significance to him.

But over the past two seasons, he lost his grip on a permanent spot in the Red Sox’ rotation, serving mostly as a swingman and a spot starter when Daisuke Matsuzaka [stats] and Clay Buchholz were injured. His final victory, Sept. 13 against the Blue Jays, was the 200th of his career.

 

Jason Varitek, facing a similar predicament as Wakefield, is expected to make a decision within a few days about whether to accept a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training from the Red Sox. If Varitek elects to retire, a job within the organization would be a “definite” if he wants to accept it, a major league source said last month.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1404331&utm_source=Enews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ARTICLE_Tim Wakefield decides to retire_DATE_02-17-2012--12.07

[a700hitter]

"Could you cross out the 'burger' and write 'of talksox'? And make it snappy' date=' PEASANT."[/quote']My local BK customizes my cardboard crowns. Right across the top it says in bold letters: "Property of the King of TalkSox" Then next to a down pointing arrow it says "This guy." Pretty cool, eh.

[Emmz]

My local BK customizes my cardboard crowns. Right across the top it says in bold letters: "Property of the King of TalkSox" Then next to a down pointing arrow it says "This guy." Pretty cool' date=' eh.[/quote']

 

Do you give the kids meals out to your less fortunate subjects?

[a700hitter]

Do you give the kids meals out to your less fortunate subjects?

I have a strong sense of noblesse oblige.

[mvp 78]

Our national nightmare is over!

[Emmz]

I have a strong sense of noblesse oblige.

 

That's why you go classy with the cardboard crowns.