Tim Wakefield to retire

By far my favorite on the current team. A true gamer, in every sense of that compliment. I hope we'll see him in the Sox HOF soon. He deserves that honor. Might be nice if they give him a "day" and let the fans show him one more time how much we've appreciated his unselfishness.

My favorite anecdote about Wake...

Once, a couple of years back, he and a few of his teammates went to visit some cancer-stricken children at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the home of The Jimmy Fund. Now, all of the players were nice guys to go and visit sick children. However, there was one child who was receiving treatment during their visit and who didn't get to meet the Red Sox players. While his teammates all left after the appointed time, Wakefield stayed at the hospital for an additional 3 or 4 hours, until that one child came out of treatment.

In a game that sometimes seems to be overpopulated by bratty little kids in adult bodies, Wake was a real MAN.

Suldog
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