RIP Phil Niekro

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halbert

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Posted 1/10/2021 3:10 PM (GMT -7)

Did you ever see "Knuckleballers" a documentary about the knuckleball about 10 years ago?

theswan

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Posted 1/11/2021 2:07 PM (GMT -7)

No but I'd like to.
As a kid I'd throw against a brick wall with a box drawn on it. I Was never fast but tried curves sliders and knuckle ball's. I don't think it ever worked. The key as I remember was to allow no spin whatever and allow the air and wind to guide it

I could be way wrong but was always curious

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mattam

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Posted 1/11/2021 2:36 PM (GMT -7)

I think you are essentially correct. A bullet through a rifled barrel shoots true. A bullet through a smooth barrel shoots unpredictably. A baseball pitched with little or no spin is fun to watch -- nobody knows where it will go.

Are there any knuckle ball pitchers these days?

theswan

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Posted 1/17/2021 8:54 AM (GMT -7)

I don't know but guess I better Google it

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theswan

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Posted 1/17/2021 8:58 AM (GMT -7)

Steven Wright with Red socks but that was 2019 so may not hold true today as he was on injured reserve

Glen per Google

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