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Hall of Fame knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm shows how he placed his fingers before a pitch. 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.
Oct 5, 2018 · Knuckleball: Directed by Michael Peterson. With Michael Ironside, Munro Chambers, Luca Villacis, Kathleen Munroe. Alone, and targeted on an isolated farm, 12-year-old Henry finds himself at the center of a maelstrom of terror, and a dark family legacy, when his secretive grandfather dies suddenly in the night.
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- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Michael Peterson
- 2018-10-05
Dec 25, 2023 · Use enough pressure so that the ball is firmly grasped with injuring your fingertips. Keep your thumb off to the side of the ball, slightly underneath it. This is your only stability point so you may need to grip harder to control the ball. 4. Throw from the fingertips. Avoid digging your knuckles into the ball.
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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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- Documentary, Sport
- Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
- 2012-09-18
Aug 9, 2019 · Tim Wakefield is the guy who inspired me to become a knuckleball pitcher. In fact, I was so fascinated with the knuckleball at an early age that I never pitched conventionally in my life. And it’s all due to that nasty Tim Wakefield knuckleball. My father had season tickets to the Red Sox, and we lived in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts.
Sep 19, 2012 · Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's new documentary Knuckleball! follows major leaguers R.A. Dickey and Tim Wakefield, members of a small fraternity of pitchers confident about throwing the quirky pitch.
