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“He (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it, but when he got two strikes on you, he'd break out one that even he didn't know where it was going.”

Knows Want Two Break Strikes Break Out Knuckleballs

Author:Brooks Robinson

“My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm, he probably would have got a shot somewhere. He hurt his arm one spring, didn't warm up good enough, couldn't throw a fastball anymore. Another coal miner taught him how to throw the knuckleball.”

Ifs Enough Hurt Team Taught Arms Dad Spring Shots My Dad Very Good Warm Good Enough Coal Eastern Pitcher Ohio Mining Miners Fastballs Coal Miners Coal Mining Knuckleballs

Author:Phil Niekro

“There aren't many hitters who like facing knuckleball pitchers. They may not be intimidated by them, but they sure are thinking about them before they go into the box.”

Thinking May Boxes Pitcher Intimidated Knuckleballs

Author:Phil Niekro

“It's (Phil Niekro's knuckleball) like watching Mario Andretti park a car.”

Car Parks Mario Knuckleballs

Author:Ralph Kiner

“I don't really feel much more confident than I did the last couple years. I've always felt like I have a pretty good knuckleball. I worked hard to do that.?”

Feels Years Hard Lasts Felt Couple Knuckleballs

Author:R.A. Dickey

“It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in knuckleball years!”

Feels Years Body Careers Dog Your Body Reverse Knuckleballs

Author:R.A. Dickey

“The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.”

Way Sports Waiting Picks Rolling Funny Baseball Knuckleballs

Book:If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box

Source: If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box

“There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.”

“[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn.”

Giving Baseball Balls Damn Curves Knuckleballs

Author:Jimmy Cannon

“You know, catching the knuckleball, it's like trying to catch a fly with a chopstick.”

Knows Trying Catching Chopsticks Knuckleballs

Author:Jason Varitek

“You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.”

Author:Joe Torre

“Like some cult religion that barely survives, there has always been at least one but rarely more than five or six devotees throwing the knuckleball in the big leagues . . . Not only can't pitchers control it, hitters can't hit it, catchers can't catch it, coaches can't coach it and most pitchers can't learn it. The perfect pitch.”

Bigs Perfect Five Six Coaches League Throwing Cult Pitcher Devotee Catchers Knuckleballs

Author:Ron Luciano

“Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.”

Streets Strikes Neighbor Throwing Butterfly Mailboxes Hiccups Knuckleballs

Author:Willie Stargell

“The #‎ knuckleball can be a metaphor of what it's like to let go.”

Letting Go Metaphor Knuckleballs

Author:R.A. Dickey

“I couldn't throw a knuckleball if my life depended on it.”

Ifs Knuckleballs

Author:Gio Gonzalez