Sunday, April 22, 2012

Knuckleball

  • 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)

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