RA Dickey’s Bounce-back 2014
RA Dickey delivering a knuckleball as a Toronto Blue Jay Ra Dickey performed spectacularly in 2012. He dominated or did really well in all of his starts except for one — one rainy night in Atlanta. His dominating performances, consistency and strike outs earned him 20 wins and Cy Young Award despite playing for the […]
To Drop-&-Drive, or not to Drop-&-Drive
RA Dickey’s effort-face gets glammed up with fan art Like many of you, I started throwing the knuckleball fairly lightly. I grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, where Tim Wakefield spent the better part of two decades honing his knuckle ball. On TV, Tim looked like he kind of just lobbed the ball in there. But […]
Knuckle Ball Pitcher Zach Staniewicz’s Success
(Zach Staniewicz pitching knuckleballs for the Perth Heat in Australia) Zach Staniewicz came to me a long time ago. I mean, a long time ago. I remember the day he drove up to my alma mater at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He was riding in a mid-sized pickup truck with his mom. We met […]
Knuckleball Grip Tension
One of the finer nuances of the knuckle ball is the grip tension. In my time working with the greats, I have heard a few different things about grip tension. But the grip tension experts can really be broken up into two different camps — The Charlie Hough side and the Phil Niekro side. Charlie […]
How to Throw a Knuckleball
The cover of RA Dickey’s best-selling knuckeball book “Wherever I Wind Up” I get a lot of questions regarding how to throw a knuckleball. But it is not a simple question and the answer can take years to understand. Being a professional knuckleball pitcher myself, I know just how difficult the journey can be. There […]