MLB Knuckleball Reel: Good luck hitting these 

This is how I found out

Flavor of victory

Agreed. If they played that music in the stadium, the fans and the players would all exit.

The fellow who asserts that one can throw (NOT PUSH) a knuckleball from any arm angle is 100 % correct. Many years ago, my son was a sidearm knuckleballer in LITTLE LEAGUE, and he threw a damn good one, i.e., almost spinless and "heavy". I taught him the pitch, so he and I tossed mostly knucklers when we were "having a catch". His change- up was a four- seam fastball which he threw quite hard, i.e., a "mitt popper". Because, like the Niekro brothers', Dad, I encouraged my son to develop his pitch control by having him adhere to a practice regimen of grasping a baseball only two (2) ways, and in an alternating pattern: knuckleball, across the seams; knuckleball, across the seams... With one exception (a real knucklehead), a coach who insisted I was ruining my son's right arm by permitting him to pitch sidearm, the other coaches and managers did not attempt to alter my son's angle of hurling, because they understood that a natural sidearm delivery placed far less stress on one's arm and shoulder (rotator cuff). My son's moniker was "Whip". I can still hear opposing coaches and managers shouting at umpires, complaining vehemently about a Little Leaguer hurling the floater, the "butterfly with hiccups ", as Willie Stargell described it. Needless to say, only a handful of my son's teammates were willing to squat behind the dish when my son pitched. But, surprisingly, several of the team's better fielders became adept at blocking the knucklers they could not catch. Those few boys were fearless; I admired them for their willingness to be my son's receivers. I had to stop being my son's practice catcher when he became seventeen, because I simply could no longer handle his "stuff". For a couple of years prior to my becoming unable to cope with his "stuff", I had worn -- thank goodness-- a mask. I vividly recall the afternoon I caught my last pitch from him. His pitch, a HARD KNUCKLEBALL, struck me right in the navel. I sank to my knees as though I was praying. My son tossed his glove aside, then ran to me. "Dad, Dad, are you all right?" From behind the catcher's mask, my teeth clenched, "I said, "No problem. No problem." As I arose, I proudly informed my son that he had just hurled a fantastic knuckleball. Then I informed him, sadly, that his "stuff" had become too much for the old man to handle, and that from then on we could have only soft tosses. Knuckleballs, of course...

​@@jeffj2495fuck em

its been 5 years did you figure out how to mute a video?

😂😂😂

I need to bust out my glove and find someone to catch for me and record some. I haven’t threw one for probably 10+ years lol.

@@bfry38That’d be nice; it has been a long time for me, too! Not to mention it’s great exercise!

@@cheearraesquerra Definitely, when it warms up here in the summer. I’ll see what I can do :)

I enjoy watching catcher reaction to those even more. They look confused

I was laughing and had a permanent grin from ear to ear during the whole video. Knucklers made everyone including their own catchers, look like fools.

Tim Wakefield is so disgustingly overrated. His career is a testament to the theory that the knuckleball is a gimmick.

@@811chelseafc The knuckleball may be gimmick, but if you can get batters out with it, who cares?

Eldred Brown I never said it was a gimmick. I said Tim Wakefield’s career can be used as evidence for those who do.

@@811chelseafc The Stats don't tell the usefulness of a knuckleballer. They will never have the beautiful stats of a traditional pitcher. A smart manager uses them to get a few more wins a season that pitcher fatigue would have lost. Since they don't need a lot of rest you can plug them into a variety of situations. Tim Wakefield was not just a starter. He pitched relief, closed and was able to be a versatile tool in Boston's pitching staff. Should you ever have more than one knuckleballer on a team? No. But there is a lot of value to having one if you know how to effectively use them.

@@811chelseafc”the knuckleball is a gimmick” (word for word right from your first comment). “I never said the knuckleball was a gimmick”. You slow or something?

Cry

@@Rid_Of_Thee dont you dare tell him to cry tough man hes right terrible music whatcha gonna do about it

bad luck bro

@@williammoran8451 If it wasn’t for bad luck I wouldn’t have any luck lol

They're the best pitch to learn and imo it's irresponsible to teach highschool kids to throw overpowering fastballs on every pitch. The knuckleball puts much less stress on the arm with each motion.

@@renasworldofgaming Amen on that!

I used to love throwing curves, knuckle balls, and holding a wiffle ball on the opposite side it would go the opposite direction. We used to play a lot when I was younger, great times!

In middle school, I hope he was slower. I doubt I can throw a fastball mid-seventies now.

Little league World Series record is 86.

Calebe the beast it is the reason why they are knuckleballers. They cannot survive in conventional style as their stuffs aren’t good enough.

When you throw a knuckleball, you are not so much as throwing but pushing it to stop the spin

@@kobeready9698 wrong. thats the beauty of the knuckleball. you throw it normally, but as you start to release, extend the index and middle fingers to stop the spin. otherwise its really obvious when you throw the pitch

The real reason is that the arm slot from which you throw the knuckleball is meant solely for the knuckleball, which sacrifices velocity on other pitches. Otherwise, every pitch that wasn’t a knuckleball would be tipped by the pitcher having a different arm slot. Also they don’t throw their fastball as often, so they have no need to throw it 90+ if 80 can sneak if by a batter caught off guard.

Evan Mulcahey weird flex but okay

Quisenberry was not in this video

Many were, quisenberry’s was most likely a sinker but loved seeing him nonetheless

My absolute favorite.

Pretty sure he doesn’t have a knuckleball.