Knuckle Balls
Posted on: May 12, 2010 by admin
From Phil Niekro and Charlie Hough to Tim Wakefield, these pitchers do not get by on their blazing fast balls but they get by on the knuckle ball. When they pitch, the catcher may tend to wear a much larger glove because the ball is so hard to catch. The knuckle ball can be a great pitch. At times it can be really bad though. As slow as it’s moving if it does not break hard at some point, it ends up a sitting duck for batters to try and knock out of the park. But, it must work well enough since these pitchers have been amazingly successful with it. Do you think you can hit one? It may look easy to at times, but it’s not.
TagsHough, knuckle baller, Niekro, Wakefield Filed Under: Baseball