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“I cherished watching that man throw, regardless that he is a Crimson Sox participant and I am a born Yankee fan.”
Tim Wakefield’s dying on Sunday left your complete baseball world shocked. A lot of Wakefield’s teammates and colleagues paid tribute to the previous Crimson Sox pitcher by social media posts, heartfelt interviews, and narrated movies detailing his many accomplishments on and off the sphere.
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‘I’ll by no means be capable to exchange a brother and a pal such as you’: Crimson Sox teammates pay tribute to late Tim Wakefield
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Even individuals who had been by no means affiliated with the Crimson Sox or Wakefield paid their respects to the two-time World Collection winner. Within the fourth inning of Seattle’s 1-0 victory towards Texas on Sunday, beginning pitcher George Kirby threw a 73.2 mph pitch to Corey Seager, who swung and missed.
However this wasn’t simply any pitch. It was a knuckleball, the signature pitch of Wakefield. It was the primary knuckleball Kirby had ever thrown on the main league stage, and he selected to debut it on Sunday as his manner of honoring Wakefield.
“I cherished watching that man throw, regardless that he’s a Crimson Sox participant and I’m a born Yankee fan,” Kirby mentioned of Wakefield, per MLB.com. “However yeah, it was a terrific day to throw it and I’m glad Seager missed it and didn’t take it deep. So, yeah that was enjoyable.”