I Owe A Lot To Tim Wakefield

My father was painting the house back in the early 90’s as I listlessly watched a baseball. The Pirates were playing the Braves so the game was nationally televised and the effortlessness of the pitcher caught my attention. I asked my dad, “How does he just lob the ball and get the guys out?” “That’s […]

How to Hold a Knuckleball

There’s a lot of misinformation when it comes to the knuckleball. A lot of people think the pitch is easy because it looks easy on TV, but if you actually try to throw a baseball with no spin off of your fingernails at 67 miles-per-hour then you realize just how difficult that is to do. […]

Stop Calling Matt Waldron A Knuckleballer

Matt Waldron threw the first knuckleball the Major Leagues had seen for nearly two years this past June in a single start before being sent back down to Triple-A El Paso. The last knuckleball thrown at baseball’s highest level came off the fingertips of Mickey Jannis in 2021. This rare knuckleball sighting lit up headlines […]

Knuckleball Pitchers 2022

The knuckleball seems to be sputtering out. The advent of tracking technology and enhanced training modalities are leaving the knuckleball behind. I’ve always been confident that the knuckleball would survive because it is effective at getting big league hitters out, and getting big league hitters out pays millions. But there seems to be a simpler […]

The LA Charlie Hough Clinic a Success!

Twelve pitchers from all over the country attended the Charlie Hough knuckleball clinic that took place in Los Angeles over the weekend of January 14th and 15th, 2023. The pitchers came from a variety of backgrounds. There was a little leaguer, some high school and college pitchers, a couple of over-the-hill weekend warriors and even […]