Wakefield showed the heart of the Red Sox order why he should be in the starting rotation when he pitched to them in BP yesterday:
“Wow,” Ortiz yelled at the top of his lungs after an unhittable knuckler dropped right over the plate. “What was that?”
A grinning Wakefield talked a little smack from the pitchers mound.
“You hitting that one? You hitting that one?” the 43-year-old knuckleballer teased.
Ortiz then bowed out, but laughed loudly as Pedroia twisted himself in a knot swinging and missing. Youkilis finally got a ball out of the infield, popping weakly to shallow center, and letting out a proud, “Aww yeah!” at the accomplishment.
When Wake is on top of his game he is one of the best pitchers in the American League. He is healthy now and needs to be in the rotation once the season begins.
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