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Examples of knuckleball
knuckleball
Titans punter Craig Hentrich was unable to handle a wind-blown knuckleball snap.
From the kentucky.com
Sometimes with the knuckleball, though, it rolls and then the logo pops up again.
From the thenewstribune.com
Yoshida learned to throw the knuckleball as a young girl by watching Wakefield.
From the bostonherald.com
And it was a historic victory as no knuckleball pitcher has ever been so honored.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Louisville hitters stood mesmerized by Pawtucket knuckleball pitcher Charlie Zink.
From the courier-journal.com
His money pitch was the knuckleball, and he may have thrown it better than anyone.
From the charlotteobserver.com
After their retirements, the number of knuckleball pitchers had dwindled to a few.
From the thestate.com
The closest thing I can compare it to is the way a knuckleball pitcher throws.
From the kansas.com
The knuckleball comedy The Bad News Bears does not play all its scenes for laughs.
From the time.com
- A baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
- A knuckleball (or knuckler for short) is a baseball pitch with an erratic, unpredictable motion. The pitch is thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. ...
- A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air; An event that is hard to predict; To pitch knuckleballs
- A shot without spin that has an erratic flight. Some baseball pitchers find success with a knuckleball; golfers never do.
- A pitch that is thrown more with the knuckles then the fingers. It is a slow moving pitch that tends to move around a lot. Very few pitchers throw knuckleballs because they are so difficult to throw.
- Hitting the ball in mid-air with fist
- A type of pitch that is thrown off of the knuckles - it tends to be slow and erratic in delivery; also sometimes called a flutterball.
