..."I like Tim," she said in her native Japanese language. "I would easily trade six Barry Bonds baseball cards to get one Tim Wakefield card." Eri was asked if she had a boyfriend. She blushed and said, "I did. His name is Toshiro Takumi, and he wears number...
...anxiety and euphoria. About 45 minutes earlier, Aaron Boone had hit the first pitch of the bottom of the 11th inning, a Tim Wakefield knuckeball, into the left-field seats to win the pennant for the Yankees in Game 7 against the Red Sox. That culminated a...
...older brother and has always played on all-male teams. She says she was inspired to throw the knuckler after seeing a video of Tim Wakefield and wants to follow in his footsteps. Wakefield, for his part, was very gracious about it and also had kind words...
...baseball player. Eri Yoshida was inspired to learn how to throw the knuckler after seeing a video of Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. …Yoshida said she wants to emulate Wakefield, who has built a successful major league career throwing a knuckleball,...
...hired by ESPN in 1979? âIt's funny that I've reached that point in my career that people want to emulate me.â â Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, referring to Eri Yoshida, a 16-year-old who when drafted this week by Japanese team Kobe 9 Cruise said she was inspired...
...successfully reunited two girls with the family they were separated from during the war in Congo. • Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield—the inspiration for Eri Yoshida, a 16-year-old Japanese girl who was drafted into a pro Japanese baseball team— says he...
...All rights reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten, or redistributed. TOKYO (AP) -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield was the inspiration for a 16-year-old girl who has been drafted to play for a Japanese pro baseball team. Now, he's hoping...
...on a free agent hitter -- most notably, first baseman Mark Teixeira. With Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield in the rotation and Justin Masterson a candidate to move over from the bullpen, several people with knowledge of Boston's...
...on a free-agent hitter -- most notably, first baseman Mark Teixeira. With Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield in the rotation and Justin Masterson a candidate to move over from the bullpen, several people with knowledge of Boston's...
...how they deploy Justin Masterson, whether in the rotation or out of the bullpen. The Sox already have Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Tim Wakefield as starters. But, as the team well knows, too much starting pitching is never a problem. ...