Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield died Sunday at age 57 after a battle with brain cancer.
Tributes poured in from all around the MLB world, and Mariners pitcher George Kirby expressed his admiration for the late pitcher in a touching way during Seattle’s final game of the 2023 season Sunday.
Hours after Wakefield’s death was announced, Kirby debuted a knuckleball that he’d worked on at during spring training. It was fitting the Mariners ace would choose Sunday to break it out, because the knuckleball was Wakefield’s specialty.