This is sad. I remember when Wakefield joined the Sox in 1995 he was absolutely unhittable for the first 4 months or so of the year. I think at one point he was 16-1 with a sub 2 ERA. The Boston Herald had a headline during that hot summer that read, “Wake and Bake.” After that, he got racked for most of the remainder of the year and finished 17-10 or so. When he was good he was very good but sometimes the knuckler didn’t flutter. That said, while he could be inconsistent on the mound he was apparently a very reliable and much loved teammate and family man.
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