Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball must be better than Trey Hillman’s. The Kansas City manager tossed his version to Royals hitters in batting practice Wednesday afternoon, hoping to get them ready for the Boston knuckler who’s second in Red Sox history with 1,778 strikeouts. It didn’t work. http://www.examiner.net/sports/x689782829/Royals-knuckle-under-to-Red-Sox
Tim Wakefield hopes to receive the same kind of offensive support his Boston Red Sox teammates provided on Tuesday when the veteran knuckleballer takes the mound in tonight's finale of a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. http://www.kansascity.com/485/story/736335.html