Stacy Wakefield, the widow of former Red Sox knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield, died Tuesday about five months after her husband passed. Both Stacy and Tim were battling cancer before their deaths.

I t was late July of 2008 when R.A. Dickey got an unexpected invitation from Tim Wakefield. Dickey was in the big leagues with the Seattle Mariners at the time, trying to extend his new ...