Tim Wakefield News
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R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets paid homage to “the pantheon of knuckleballers” after becoming the first Cy Young Award winner who throws a pitch that many in Major League Baseball deride as a gimmick.
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Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, the oldest active player in Major League Baseball, is retiring after 19 seasons and 200 wins.
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New York’s most prolific theater producer gets his curtain call in “Joe Papp in Five Acts,” a documentary that captures a genius in all his prickly brilliance.
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One thing baseball fans love about the game is that it runs by its own rhythms, with no time clock. In “ Bottom of the 33rd ,” Dan Barry has written a lovely book about the longest professional game ever -- a forgotten event in an obscure place that he has rendered unforgettable.
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Mariano Rivera collected his 600th career save in the New York Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners.
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R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball was 57 percent less hittable than the average Major League Baseball pitch as the New York Mets’ right-hander tossed the first back- to-back one-hitters in almost a quarter-century.
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The Boston Red Sox sent the Seattle Mariners to a franchise-record 15th straight loss, collecting 17 hits in yesterday’s 12-8 win at Fenway Park.
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The Boston Red Sox placed pitcher Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain.
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The Baltimore Orioles hired Dan Duquette as general manager, a position he filled with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox before leaving Major League Baseball in 2002.
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The Boston Red Sox won their fifth straight game, defeating the Yankees 11-6 to take the lead from New York in Major League Baseball’s American League East division.
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