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By John Tomase Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Added 29m ago Remember Sid Bream’s dash home to eliminate the Pirates in the 1992 NLCS? Tim Wakefield [stats] was there. In fact, it was 16 years ago today that Wakefield burst into the sporting consciousness during that series as a novelty knuckleballer. He tossed a complete game to beat the Braves’ Tom Glavine in Game 3, then came back on three days rest to do it again in Game 6. Fast forward to 2008, and a lot has changed. The 42-year-old Wakefield is no longer a curiosity, but a battle-tested warrior who has experienced his share of postseason highs and lows. There was the euphoria of ’92, the near-ALCS MVP in 2003, and earning the win in Game 5 of the 2004 ALCS, when the Red Sox [team stats] moved halfway to the greatest comeback in history. Then there was the disappointment of... [read full story]
