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Old knuckleballer cracks first All-Star team
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Posted on 07/06/2009 12:09:33 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
Watching his pitches in slow motion is really awesome, and, if he pitches in the All-Star Game, his catcher is really going to be in hell. Yeah, I doubt Mirabelli will be playing.
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posted on
07/06/2009 12:44:21 PM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
To: MarineBrat
You mean until you’ve actually CAUGHT a knuckleball...
To: FastCoyote
A good knuckleball is a sight to behold, a bad one sails over the fence. Ain't it the truth. And the difference between a decent knuckleball and a bad one is slim. Just a 1/2 a rotation or so.
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posted on
07/06/2009 12:53:04 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(The New York Times is a Communist Kamikaze.)
To: Artemis Webb
Very happy for him. As others have stated, he’s a great human being. A real gamer, too. He’s been asked to do pretty much everything and anything and he always steps up. Chews up innings (most of the time) so they don’t have to dip into middle relief any more than they have to.
I have yet to see him on Charlie Moore’s show but I hear it’s about as fun as it can get watching someone fish.
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posted on
07/06/2009 12:56:12 PM PDT
by
RedCell
(Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / Declaration of Independence - 5th sentence)
To: Travis T. OJustice
Joe Mauer of the Twins will be starting catcher.
I believe they have a knuckleballer on the pitching staff.
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posted on
07/06/2009 12:59:18 PM PDT
by
toast
To: andrew2527
You mean until youve actually CAUGHT a knuckleball... I have caught them playing catch, but never behind the plate in a real game. And now that I think about it, catching a good knuckleballer would be a daunting task. I do think though that the actual joy of watching that sucker wiggle is best viewed from the mound. :)
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posted on
07/06/2009 12:59:48 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(The New York Times is a Communist Kamikaze.)
To: Arkansas Toothpick
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posted on
07/06/2009 1:02:10 PM PDT
by
RazzPutin
("You have told us more than you can possibly know." -- Niels Bohr)
To: Artemis Webb
When I was a kid Hoyt Wilhelm was the best knuckle ball pitcher and may be the best that ever threw the knuckle ball.
To: Arkansas Toothpick
I can throw a doozy knuckler with a 12 inch softball, but I have tried several grips and can’t do very well with a baseball.
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posted on
07/06/2009 1:16:02 PM PDT
by
day10
(Integrity has no need of rules.)
To: Artemis Webb
For the Red Sox Wakefield has been everything. He has started, worked long and short relief and has been the closer. And they got him off waivers. What a deal.
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posted on
07/06/2009 1:26:42 PM PDT
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: Phlap
And his contract is like none other in baseball. Basically its a handshake, 1 year deal $5 million per. If he’s up to it, he comes back. If Sox say enough’s enough, he retires.
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posted on
07/06/2009 2:03:45 PM PDT
by
nhwingut
(The media's love affair with Obama reminds me of a dog humping a telephone pole.)
To: misterrob; GraniteStateConservative; TheRedSoxWinThePennant; SE Mom; raccoonradio; mainepatsfan; ...
A good guy on and off the field gets a chance to partake in the All-Star game. Meanwhile cheaters A-Rod and Manny are home. Something feels right about that state of affairs.Well said, misterrob. Congratulations to good-guy Tim Wakefield! I'm so happy for him...
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posted on
07/06/2009 2:06:17 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(Sarah and Todd Palin and the Deadliest Catch captains should run this country)
To: Artemis Webb
The perfect pitch in baseball, and seen far too infrequently! I give you.... The knuckle ball!
I’ve only batted against one person who could throw one... It was like chasing a mouse!
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posted on
07/06/2009 2:36:41 PM PDT
by
Freeport
(The proper application of high explosives will remove all obstacles.)
To: nutmeg
Two quotes: “The easiest way to catch a knuckleball is to wait for it to stop rolling and then pick it up.” -???
“You don’t want a knuckleballer pitching to or for your team.” - a paraphrase from Tommy Lasorda
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posted on
07/06/2009 2:41:10 PM PDT
by
szweig
(Had it up to here)
To: RedCell
"Very happy for him. As others have stated, hes a great human being. A real gamer, too. Hes been asked to do pretty much everything and anything and he always steps up. Chews up inning... That is one great thing about knuckleballers, the wear and tear on their arm is much less than other pitchers so they have longevity both in playing years and innings pitched per game.
To: nutmeg
It should be fun watching Wake baffle them in the All Star game. :-)
To: Artemis Webb
Delighted to see it. The team I root for has a couple of deserving guys who didn't make the All-Star squad, but I'd swap Wakefield in there for any of them. There is a guy who has done everything, been everywhere, total gamer, just a great player.
We had a catcher (which one escapes me at the moment) who had a special glove for knuckleballers that I thought was some sort of gag when first I saw it. Thing was enormous. And it wasn't big enough.
To: Artemis Webb; szweig
Bob Uecker said it: “The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.”
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posted on
07/06/2009 5:42:13 PM PDT
by
Hebrews 11:6
(Do you REALLY believe that (1) God is, and (2) God is good?)
To: r9etb
"How do you catch a knuckleball? Wait until it stops rolling, then go to the backstop and pick it up."
--- Bob Uecker
To: nutmeg
Folks I know who have bumped into him in Boston say hes the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet.
Remember when Dante Bichet (sp?) tried to learn the knuckleball? Poor devil - it just didnt work out.
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posted on
07/06/2009 6:21:20 PM PDT
by
warsaw44
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