The Importance of Mentality to a Knuckle Ball Pitcher
It hit me like a freight train. My first professional appearance took place in Lincoln, Nebraska, for the Lincoln Saltdogs. And mind you, I had never really played baseball before. I didn’t play in high school and I only played sparingly on a club team in college. But lets rewind this story a little bit […]
2 Tips for a Better Knuckle Ball
Chris Nowlin at a single-A ballpark with college knuckleballer Jackson Bond I was recently visited by an aspiring professional knuckleballer here in Northern California, where I am currently a starting minor league pitcher. His name is Jackson Bond, he’s 17 years old, from Dallas TX and throws left-handed. I wish I was left-handed because it […]
How to Throw a Knuckleball and a Fastball for Strikes
Throw at the catcher’s mask to throw a knuckleball for a strike I have been throwing one heck-u-va knuckleball these days. A fellow pro knuckleball friend of mine, Zach Staniewicz, and I have come up with a coding system for knuckleballs. “Chough Stuff”, pronounced CHUFF-STUFF, is the highest accolade for an individual knuckleball. Named after […]
One Pitch at a Time
You and the manager are likely to get mad at the umpire, but keep your cool It’s been a while since I have posted, but there’s been something on my mind lately. I am up here in Northern California playing at a high-A level of professional baseball. And the minor leagues come with its own […]