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knuckle ball
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knuckle ball or knuck·le·ball (nkl-bôl)
n. Baseball
A slow, randomly fluttering pitch thrown by gripping the ball with the tips or nails of two or three fingers.

knuckle·baller n.


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The veteran knuckleballer said he has no plans to retire after Wednesday's operation for a herniated disk that derailed his first All-Star season.
Yoshida, 155 centimetres (five feet) tall and weighing 52 kilograms (114 pounds), has in the past said she wants to follow in the footsteps of the great Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
Note: Right-handed knuckleballer Charlie Haeger was the lone Isotope named to the PCL All-Star team for the Triple-A All-Star Game on July 15 in Portland, Ore.
 
 
 
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