Posted on 10/01/2023 12:03:49 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Tim Wakefield, one of the masters of the knuckleball pitch who won two World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox, has died. He was 57.
it was revealed earlier in the week Wakefield was battling brain cancer.
"Our hearts are broken with the loss of Tim Wakefield," the Red Sox said on Sunday.
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Brain cancer is rough. May he RIP.
I can’t think of the knuckleball without thinking of Charlie Lau.
I have a close personal friend who was good friends with Tim a long time ago. They were in the minor leagues together, back before Tim was a pitcher. Tim was actually an infielder, to start, as was my friend.
They were warmup partners before the games, and Tim used to throw my friend those crazy knuckleballs to try to catch as a prank. It apparently always caused a lot of commotion, so some coaches decided to let him try it some during batting practice, which eventually let to him being put into some games to see how it went. The rest is history.
‘ Brain cancer is rough’
It won’t stop the vaxxtards from blaming the vaccine.
I have no idea about the vaccine causing it. I just know cancer and myocarditis and other fun stuff are happening a lot after the rollout two years ago.
It was the Vax.
Or Charlie Hough who was one of the very best.
Lau had a great comment about hitting the knuckleball. I’m too old/lazy to find it right now.
That’s a hoax. The article below goes through every point in great detail
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/do-covid-19-vaccines-cause-turbo-cancer/
Stop crying and see my post above
Maybe not in this case
Damaging - compromising the immune - blood circulating systems from DNA altering vaccines
That’s what ‘ vaids ‘ does
Bob Uecker had a great quote about catching the knuckle ball: “Just wait until it stops rolling and then go pick it up.”
Of course it was the VAX. The VAX is the cost of 100% of deaths these days. Die of a heart attack? The VAX. Die of cancer? The VAX. Get hit by a car? The VAX.
I got my autographed baseball of Gaylord Perry through him.
Could be 5G as well. Do you doubt Bill Gates when he says he wants the world population below 1 Billion and he could get 15-20 of the way there with vaccines.
Charlie Lau was a highly acclaimed hitting coach, helping George Brett, Hal McRae and a lot of other hitters. I don’t know of any connection with the knuckleball. Perhaps you are referring to Charlie Hough. He threw the knuckleball in the majors until he was 50.
My husband is a huge Red Sox fan & very sad. Wakefield’s wife is also battling pancreatic cancer. Just horribly sad.
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