Tim Wakefield knew it was a risk he was going to have to take. He knew, if the Red Sox failed to advance past the American League Division Series, that his season might be over. He knew also that he simply couldn't help the team the way he wanted to, in the way it needed him to, if ... (Full article: 716 words)

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