Tim Wakefield retires after 19 years

[darrell74]

Time to open fire,

let me start:
Ahem

When your age exceeds the speed of your fastball, it's time to retire from baseball

[darrell74]

Tim Wakefield always was their to remind us that if we learned just one pitch in high school, we'd all have been millionaire major leaguers.

[darrell74]

Join in, this thread has potential.

[darrell74]

Bad news to the Red Sox Nation? Nahh!!!

Bad News to Jason Varitek's family? Oh hell yeah!!!

What's the over/under on Jason Varatek's release/retirement?

[darrell74]

In honor of his retirement, Fenway Park will lower all flags, and then abruptly lower them into the ground until they roll off into the backstop.

[Jimmy Proffett]

When your age exceeds the speed of your fastball, it's time to retire from baseball

Explain Jamie Moyer then. He passed that point 6 years ago.

[HoulihansTX]

His arm retired 5 years ago.

[HoulihansTX]

Explain Jamie Moyer then. He passed that point 6 years ago.

His home life must be pathetic.

[sweethook]

was one of the better check cashers

[DOMINATER]

wow , about time

[ttwarrior1]

moved the the saloon

[rob11234]

He had at least another 10 years in him.

[InTheDrink]

Bad News to Jason Varitek's family? Oh hell yeah!!! What's the over/under on Jason Varatek's release/retirement?

Varitek rarely caught Wakefield over the course of his career...in fact the sox overpaid to get doug mirabelli back when the tek experiment was a disaster a few years back

Just sayin

[Blackroc78]

[spanky1]

[stevenash]