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A knuckleball or knuckler is a baseball pitch thrown to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion. The air flow over a seam of the ball causes the ball to change from laminar to turbulent flow.
Dec 25, 2023 · To throw a knuckleball, start by choosing a grip, like the two-knuckle grip, which uses the pointer and middle fingers to hold the ball. Next, pitch the ball by keeping a fast arm motion to wind the ball up, and throw the ball with your fingertips, keeping the wrist up as you release it.
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Sep 18, 2012 · Knuckleball!: Directed by Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg. With Tim Wakefield, Dave Lennon, Jim Bouton, Charles Hough. A documentary that showcases baseball's most unpredictable pitch.
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Former major-league pitcher Paul Byrd shows you how to grip and throw a knuckleball, arguably the toughest pitch to throw in baseball.
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Aug 30, 2022 · A knuckleball is a pitch thrown with little to no spin that can move unpredictably. Due to its low spin rate and what researchers call an aerodynamic phenomenon of “unsteady lift forces”—likely created by the seams—the ball will “dance” or “zig-zag” as it travels towards the plate.
Knuckleball! is a 2012 documentary film that follows the 2011 seasons of Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey, Major League Baseball's only knuckleball pitchers that year. It was released in theaters on September 20, 2012, and on DVD on April 2, 2013. [2]
