The knuckleball has returned to Major League Baseball. From 2020-22, there were only 111 knuckleballs thrown league-wide, many by position players messing around during pitching appearances.
The knuckleball has long been one of baseball’s most esteemed and bizarre traditions. Now it is nearing extinction. This year, major league pitchers have thrown only 15 knuckleballs. Those have come ...
Twins pitching prospect Cory Lewis was filmed throwing his patented knuckleball and images of the pitch were released on social media. Baseball agent Ethan Chapman released the video of Lewis’s ...
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That quote could be attributed to six Philadelphia Eagles players who watched or experienced their team’s first brutal barrage of knuckleball kickoffs in Sunday’s comeback win over the Los Angeles ...
San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron is part of a dying breed. When he made his big league debut last season, he was the MLB first pitcher since 2019 to have a knuckleball as part of his arsenal.
OYAMA, Japan >> Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses. The scene recalled instantly the ...
A Minnesota Twins prospect has a chance to make Major League Baseball history this season. Twins pitcher Cory Lewis has been turning heads with his knuckleball during the early portion of spring ...
Kenny Serwa will never forget his first knuckleball. He was 9 years old. It was the summer of 2006. His father, Ken Serwa, stood ready to catch. Kenny had been trying sliders and curveballs in the ...