Tim Wakefield Thread

[bstanwood]

Greetings to the thread dedicated to Boston's favorite knuckleballer. For a player who enjoyed a career crossing three decades and passed 200 career wins he gained very little notoriety in our hobby. He was my favorite player for a variety of reasons and he was a part of two world series for my favorite team. I'll post pictures from my collection from time to time as well as keep my wantlist updated. If anyone out there has anything to share I'd love to see it! Thanks for looking!

 

[bstanwood]

My want list, strike that, my NEED list:

1998 Pacific Online Winners
1999 Fleer Tradition Starting 9
1999 Pacific Prism Holo Blue #'d/80
1999 Pacific Prism Red #26
1999 Pacific Platinum Blue #78
2000 Pacific Copper #'d/99 Platinum Blue #'d/75
2002 Upper Deck 40-man Electric Rainbow #283
2003 Donruss Atlantic City /5, Chicago /5
2003 Donruss Team Heroes Atlantic City /5, Chicago /5
2003 Donruss Team Heroes Samples and Gold Samples #74
2004 Donruss Team Heroes Showdown Gold
2004 Topps Black
2005 Donruss Team Heroes Showdown Gold
2006 Bowman Chrome Red Refractor /5
2006 Fleer Glossy Gold #305
2006 Topps Blue #183
2006 Upper Deck Silver Spectrum #84
2007 Topps Triple Threads Relic Combo with Hoyt Wilhelm and Phil Niekro Gold, Saphirre and Sepia.
2008 Spectrum Swatches Green Patch /15 and Light Gray Patch /5
2009 O-Pee-Chee Black Mini and Blank Back
2009 SP Authentic Titanium /9
2011 Topps Factory Set Bonus
2012 SP Sig Franchise Focus w/Beckett and Lester

 

[bstanwood]

one more for today

 

[Brewer Andy]

Likable player no matter who you root for. Let's see that Flair Sweet Sigs

 

[heavy_hitter]

 

[bstanwood]

Likable player no matter who you root for. Let's see that Flair Sweet Sigs

Do you mean fleer sweet spot??

 

[Brewer Andy]

That's the one. Great set!

 

[bstanwood]

are you a wakefield collector? I love the bottom of the nine. The one I have is either the lower right corner of the inside of the 4 or 9.

 

[Austin]

He was a great signer through the mail as a player and has a great-looking autograph.

 

[MisterT]

My long time favorite Red Sox player. I wish he signed more (esp for Topps). I sadly have very little of his stuff. Looking forward to seeing more pics in here.

 

[bstanwood]

Just got this in the mail. I always try to temper my excitement but this might be my new favorite...certainly top 5 material

 

[djmilhaus]

I really like watching him pitch too. Definitely underappreciated. Beautiful stuff here.

 

[shadowking86]

Nice cards. I don't have a ton of Wakefield stuff in my Red Sox collection, one patch and a couple of jerseys. He was always one of my favorites too. Willing to do whatever the team wanted him to do: start, relieve, close.

 

[bstanwood]

Nice cards. I don't have a ton of Wakefield stuff in my Red Sox collection, one patch and a couple of jerseys. He was always one of my favorites too. Willing to do whatever the team wanted him to do: start, relieve, close.

What patch card do you have? He doesn't have many.
His team first attitude was a great quality.

 

[shadowking86]

What patch card do you have? He doesn't have many.
His team first attitude was a great quality.

2005 Ultimate Collection Ultimate Materials Prime

 

[bstanwood]

Today's eye candy, it took me a long time...and waaay too much money, to get these four together.

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

Very nice

 

[Mark70Z]

Great looking player collection; he has some cool looking cards. Thanks so much for sharing.

Do you collect any of his memorabilia items as well or just stick to the cards?

By the way real good guy to collect.

 

[bstanwood]

Great looking player collection; he has some cool looking cards. Thanks so much for sharing.

Do you collect any of his memorabilia items as well or just stick to the cards?

By the way real good guy to collect.

I don't have anything for memorabilia, mostly due to space, but also because I'm not a fan of buying memorabilia online and I never see much in person. If something caught my attention and I could be reasonably sure to its authenticity I may grab it though.

 

[Super Mario]

Just got this in the mail. I always try to temper my excitement but this might be my new favorite...certainly top 5 material

My Dan Haren just like it is definitely my favorite card.