- It may be the toughest pitch for batters to hit, but this weekend the knuckleball is set to be a big hit with theatergoers. (Major League Baseball)
- We think its a misunderstood pitch, he said. (Wall Street Journal)
- Most pitchers in the majors stick to fastballs, curveballs, sliders and change-ups when facing batters at the plate. But not New York Mets right-hander R.A. Dickey. Dickey is currently the only knuckleball pitcher in a current rotation. (NPR News)
- How do you catch a knuckleball? is a question that has baffled major league backstops for decades. Wise old Bob Uecker seemed to have the best philosophy: "Wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up. (Entertainment Weekly Online)
- Ken Beckley never lived in Evansville, but he worked and played here enough to make the city a principal location in Knuckleball, his new, self-published novel. (Evansville Courier-Press)
- But you can hardly read the signatures now because I used that same ball to practice my knuckleball in the streets. (San Jose Mercury News)
- Jeters seen everything from Tim Wakefield's jumpin and jivin knuckleball to Randy Johnson's seething-with-vengeance fastball. Understand Jeters numbers will slow down a bit. (Bleacherreport.com)
- Why do knuckleballers write such good books? Thats easy. Because they have such good material. No one sets out to be a knuckleball pitcher, after all. You become one only after you lose your fastball or cant catch up with someone elses. (ESPN)
- ATLANTA (AP) - The weather was lousy. So was R.A. Dickeys knuckleball. Dickey gave up three homers and eight runs in his worst outing in four years, and the New York Mets ended a .500 trip with a 14-6 loss to the Atlanta Braves. (NBC Sports)
- Most baseball fans know the story of R.A. Dickey, a knuckleball pitcher for the New York Mets. He was a first-round draft pick out of the University of Tennessee, who was offered an $810,000 signing bonus by the Texas Rangers. (CharlotteObserver.com)
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Knuckleball
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