There’s a part of Tim Wakefield [stats] that figured he’d be making commercials by now.Fourteen years and what feels like one lifetime ago, Wakefield steeled himself for life without baseball. He had little doubt his career was over.He had been released by the Pirates after a horrific season at Triple A and his phone wasn’t ringing. Six days later, the Red Sox [team stats] called. He signed on April 26, 1995, and was in the majors a month later.
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