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Baseball

kairos12

(13,247 posts) Wed Oct 6, 2021, 09:55 PM Oct 2021

The knuckleball.

Comes in at 70.

Everyone knows it’s coming, and you still can’t hit it.

Problem, almost impossible to learn, or catch.

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When it's on the most unhitable pitch in baseball. (Original Post) kairos12 Oct 2021 OP

Bob Uecker said it was easy to catch. rsdsharp Oct 2021 #1

My dad was a semipro pitcher in the 50's and threw a knuckle ball. Patterson Oct 2021 #2

(10,116 posts)

1. Bob Uecker said it was easy to catch.

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 10:00 PM

Oct 2021

Just wait until it stops rolling, and then pick it up.

(1,579 posts)

2. My dad was a semipro pitcher in the 50's and threw a knuckle ball.

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 10:04 PM

Oct 2021

We threw them back and forth in the backyard but I only threw one in a game when I pitched. It was a thrill when it was a good one.