Posted at 10:34 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Baseball: Red Sox leave Wakefield off Series roster
Associated Press
BOSTON — Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is being left off Boston's roster for the World Series because of a bad shoulder.The 41-year-old Wakefield fought through back problems late in the season and was kept off the roster for the first-round series against the Los Angeles Angels. He has pitched once since Sept. 29, allowing five runs in 4 2-3 innings in Game 4 of the AL championship series against the Cleveland Indians.
Wakefield was 17-12 with a 4.76 ERA in the regular season.
Also today, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Jacoby Ellsbury would start Game 1 in center field in place of Coco Crisp.
Crisp struggled in the playoffs and was replaced in the lineup for Games 6 and 7 against Cleveland, and he also banged into the wall catching the final out of the ALCS.
