By the end of the decade, however, after struggling with a sore arm, he was barely hanging on with the expansion Seattle Pilots by getting batters out with a
knuckle ball.
Yet there were two other moments which demonstrated that Archer (above) possesses a rare skill: a first-ball lbw to get rid of Aaron Finch, which set the tone, and a brilliantly disguised
knuckle ball (a delivery sent down from a knuckle grip rather than fingers, which effectively arrives after the shot has been played) to fool Glenn Maxwell.
I have two - a
knuckle ball and an off-cutter," said Brown.
But I couldn't help but toss a breaking ball or a
knuckle ball with a Wiffle ball because of the perforations and lightness.
For years Ronaldo has utilised what has become known as the '
knuckle ball' at dead balls.
Tye drew the first blood for Punjab as his
knuckle ball played the trick to dismiss opener Rahane (9) in the fourth over.
He is also very good in bowling slow balls and occassionally bowls the
knuckle ball. He has all the ingredients for any T20 match."
In his youth, Sonny loved playing baseball and was known for his
knuckle ball. He later played for 15 years on the Norton Company's softball league.
How is this any different that the spin-revealing contact lenses that Brian Roberts (Orioles) uses or Doug Mirabellis' (Red Sox)
knuckle ball snagging, over-sized, softball catcher's mit?
The broadhead takes over the controls and there's no telling where the Nolan Ryan
knuckle ball will end up.
"Gene Bearden's flood of
knuckle ball pitches," Boston sportswriter Jerry Nason wrote, "swarms upon the plate like a covey of geese coming into a marsh."
I said in the profile that, like an aging pitcher whose fast ball has failed him, Dubus would have to learn how to throw a
knuckle ball to regain the writing form that had carried him into the major league of American letters.