You could just pink him.Although it will do nothing to help Wake, could the dopes ban Schilling from SoSH just for good measure and human decency?
You could just pink him.Although it will do nothing to help Wake, could the dopes ban Schilling from SoSH just for good measure and human decency?
He put a pretty good swing on that one home run. Went off the second deck in the Astrodome, probably 400+ feet.Tim Wakefield was originally a first baseman. He hit .189/.281/.290 as a minor leaguer and managed to hit only one home run in the majors. Thank goodness he failed so successfully.
That post wasn't in a public spot, though--it was in a private members-only forum on here. Whatever else is wrong with Schilling (and it's a VERY long list, including violating a confidence here) that particular thing was 100% Massarotti being a dishonest asshole, not Schilling.There's an irony here that will be lost on him. He first raised his "I am stupid" flag when he got all pissy because he said a post critical of sports media was "off the record," even though it was posted in a public spot, and then a reporter (Masserotti?) wrote about what he said. And now 20 years later, he really does violate an actual confidence, likely causing actual pain to real people. It really sucks that anger at that hateful moron gets even a sliver of the headspace that should be for the sadness (and hope) for the Wakes.
Perfectly put Homar.I always thought that that Tim Wakefield had to be the most courageous player in the game. I mean, he's standing there, 60 feet away from ferocious hitters, armed with nothing but that knuckler, a pitch that he could not throw with all his might, for doing so would make it hittable. Instead, he's out there, restraining himself, trusting his technique, his process, his feel for that pitch. I suppose that guys who throw 95+ can and do feel fear. But Wake was dealing 68 MPH shit out there, and successfully so, because he lived within himself, accepting what he could do, and not trying to do what he couldn't. I think that takes real courage, more than just going all out for as long as you can. I sat behind the plate in 1995 watching him deal with Mariners of Griffey, Martinez, Buhuner, with that little nothing pitch that befuddled them all.
And now, of course, he's going to need every ounce of that courage. Blessings to Tim and his wife. May healing be upon you.