Tag: Boston Red Sox

Tim Wakefield, Pitcher Who Helped Boston Break the Curse, Dies at 57

Tim Wakefield, a right-handed knuckleball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox who in 2004 played a critical late-innings relief role in the team’s winning its first World Series championship in 86 years, died on Sunday. He was 57. The Red Sox announced his death and said the cause was brain cancer. “He not only captivated […]

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Biden, Trump and the 2024 Field of Nightmares

In the bottom of the 10th inning of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series, with the Boston Red Sox leading the New York Mets 5-3, Red Sox manager John McNamara sent Bill Buckner — a great hitter dealing with terrible leg problems that made him gimp his way around first base — back […]

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