Tim Wakefield, Red Sox Knuckleballer dead of brain cancer at 57?!

Horrible.

So sad.

It was also sad that his old teammate Curt Shilling took it upon himself last week to announce Tim’s illness against the families wishes. Such a shame..and CS is a ******

Didn’t hear anything about that. Saw it on a news scroll.

I wish I had a choice... I can only imagine what was in that dump. The whole NE side of town stank since Sat AM. It smelled like every toxic mobile home fire I have ever been to.

On the bright side, all my hair fell out in clumps so I wont need to spend money on haircuts anymore...

He was one of my favorite Red Sox players in the modern era. There was a documentary that I watched a few years ago called Knuckleball! that featured the long lost trade of throwing a knuckleblall. Wakefield was one of the best.

If memory serves me correctly the featured pitchers were Tim Wakefield, R.A. Dickey, Phil Niekro. It walked though their careers and some science on the different types of knuckleballs thrown. Wakefield started out in the minor leagues as 1st baseman but his agent talked him into becoming a pitcher throwing knuckeballs. Some days the ball was on target, other days not so much. It's an unpredictable pitch. Even the pitcher didn't really know where it was going after it left his hand. Depended a lot on the weather and the wind. Not only did hitters hate the knuckleball but so did catchers. The All Star catcher, Jason Varitek, had trouble catching the unpredictable pitch. When Wakefield pitched for the Sox they had to keep a personal catcher on the roster for him who was better at catching his pitches.

It was an interesting watch and I'd recommended it. I think it was on Amazon Prime.

RIP Wakefield

Happy Tuesday fellas.

Picked up overtime tonight. The only nurse who could be in charge called off so I picked it up. Plenty other staff on, I'll probably spend 12 hours playing solitare on my computer and get paid overtime for it. Lil extra money to pay the deductible for wife's car. Dropping it off Thursday to get fixed.

Top o' the mornin' dudes.

Coffee in da cup... getting ready for the morning walk. Not quite sure what's on the agenda today.

Morning gents. Nice sunny 63 going to 86 today. Car oil change and gym on the agenda.

Rain.

This is odd.

Morning one & all......................

Oatmeal, coffee and a lap swim on the way.
Spoke to Speyside this morning and he and his family are doing well.
Look forward to relaxing today. Maybe do some house cleaning. We'll see...

Hope your Covid goes away soon.

Costco run was on the agenda... got a 7qt air fryer for $40.

Nice play.

haha, well played indeed.

Fire seems to have sparked back up, the awful smell/smoke is back.

Air fryer absolutely rocks for Costco lamb chops and steak.
Nice job even when the meat is from the from freezer.

Is there a Sulphur smell? High CO2? Particulate? Smoke?
Make certain it is safe!

I'm thawing out some pork belly... cube it up, salt/pepper and then in they go tomorrow.

This puppy is also a dehydrator. Gonna have to find a good beef jerky recipe and test out that feature.

Two Thurdy NEINER [frypan]

Good Tuesday Afternoon to All!

Made a Costco run, and found some tamarind and chili candy, It's fantastic!

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