It’s been a long season for David Ortiz. He started off the season in a massive slump. Then his name got tangled in steroids controversies. On Wednesday, the slugger for the Boston Red Sox hit a walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth against the Chicago White Sox to add some joy to his season.
In the bottom of the second inning, Ortiz hit a solo shot to tie the game at 1-1. With the ballgame tied at 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Ortiz twisted a homer around the Pesky Pole to give Boston a 3-2 win.
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Tim Wakefield, who has been dealing with a lower back injury, will return to the mound for the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. Wakefield, who made the All-Star team this year, had been enjoying one of his better seasons prior to getting hurt.
In 17 starts this season, Wakefield is 11-3 with a 4.31 ERA. The 43-year-old knuckleballer was on pace to set his career-high in wins but now his focus is just on getting back to Boston and helping his team make the playoffs.
To make room for Wakefield, Brad Penny will be ousted from the rotation. Though he was pitching …read more

Tim Wakefield was in the middle of a dream season. Due to a lower back issue, Wakefield’s dream season will have to be put on hold. The Boston Red Sox placed the knuckleballer on the disabled list, however Wakefield apparently doesn’t believe this is a long-term injury.
“It’s a minor setback,” explained Wakefield, “that’s all.”
Earlier in the month, Wakefield was named to the All-Star team for the first time in his career — quite an accomplishment for a 42-year-old who has been in Major League Baseball since 1992.
On the season, Wakefield has a 4.31 ERA to go along with a record …read more

Tim Wakefield wasn’t fabulous but he was good enough to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. The 42-year-old knuckleballer won his third game of the season as the Red Sox were victorious by a final count of 10-6.
In five innings of work, Wakefield allowed seven hits and two walks while allowing five earned runs and striking out five batters. His ERA for the season is now 2.91 and he has a record of 3-1.
At the plate, Mike Lowell was 2-for-5 including a homer in the fifth inning. Reigning AL MVP Dustin Pedroia was 2-for-3 …read more

I saw this post on the front page of Yahoo! Sports this a.m. and thought to myself, “that is so cool!”
You probably have no idea who Eri Yoshida is and, really, I didn’t either until I read the article. Yoshida is a 16-year-old Japanese school girl who was recently drafted to play professional baseball in a new Japanese pro league. She’s a right-hander who is only 5 feet and 114 pounds, throws a sidearm knuckleball and is a big fan of Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
Apparently, Yoshida threw a hitless inning against male batters during a tryout this …read more