Are There Still Knuckleballers?
Are there still knuckleball pitchers? So, you’re watching your local Major League Baseball game and you’re wondering to yourself, “Are there still knuckleball pitchers?” You’re probably remembering the days when Charlie Hough, Phil Niekro, Tom Candiotti and Tim Wakefield flipped slow-motion knuckleball at the most feared hitters in the game only to illicit swings and […]
Charlie Hough Clinic a Success!
Pitchers flew to Los Angeles from as far as Wisconsin, New Jersey, Long Island and Colorado for the second annual Charlie Hough Knuckleball Clinic. The clinic took place at Beimel Elite Athletics, a Major League Training Facility in the beautiful South Bay of Los Angeles. Charlie Hough, 75, showed up at 8am on Sunday Morning, […]
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 […]
New Website, Merch & an All-out Assault on Social Media
Nation, I’ve been looking for the time to blow up Knuckleball Nation. Building a website, a brand and an audience takes time, and now I have the time. I’ve accepted the positon as GM at Beimel Elite Athletics in Los Angeles, CA. The facility is state of the art, and many MLB stars walk through […]
The Clinic That Never Was: Vegas During Covid
2020 was the only year Knuckleball Nation skipped the annual Las Vegas Clinic over Columbus Day Weekend. Here are the details of the ghost clinic. Knuckleball Nation started nine years ago with a knuckleball clinic in Las Vegas. I’m now doing clinics all over the U.S., overseas and with MLB greats, but the annual Las […]
Knuckleball Nation Rebrand
The pandemic was hard on all of us. In fact, for many, it is still ongoing. I had a lot of time to think during the lockdowns, especially because my 2020 professional season was canceled. And I’ve decided that Knuckleball Nation needs to become bigger. What does that mean exactly? Well, that means a whole […]