jmags21
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Registered 5-31-2004 Location New Jersey Member Is Offline Mood: knuckle-liciuos
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| posted on 7-23-2004 at 01:37 PM |
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The Knuckle Ball Generation
With this site growing and teaching more and more kids to pitch, not only to pitch but to throw the knuckleball i think we will see an impact on the
pitching world. Now that the Knuckle Book and cd are coming out maybe our knuckleball community will have an impact on baseball in the future. Right
now in the MLB there are only two exclusive knuckleballers, I think in the years to come there is a big possibility for that number to grow. Who else
agrees.
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knucklemaster333
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| posted on 7-23-2004 at 01:44 PM |
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i sure hope so the knuckleball is a great pitch but it takes an even greater person to throw an MLB quality one consistantly i'm hoping that
something big happens for me this year in H.S. ball my k-ball is very good i don't know if i'll get rocked or if i'll dominate the
hardest thing is keeping it in the zone but with practice i think i can do it knuckleball-HQ has helped alot there are really alot of knowledgable
people on this site and it's helped me immensly
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coopy208
Knuckleball Elite
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Registered 7-25-2002 Location Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Member Is Offline Mood:
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| posted on 7-23-2004 at 04:44 PM |
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need success first
I think the knuckleballer will always remain a rare minority, but if professional baseball should ever see more of them, we need to see a kballer
string together a few dominating seasons to show owners that the knuckleball is still worth having around. Wakefield has become quite popular as a
veteran staple on the redsox staff, but he still is 6-6 with a 4.17 ERA.
i think it is completely reasonable that in the future every organization could have at least 1 knuckleballer tucked away at some level in their
system. Look at all the hundreds of pitchers in the minors with very average stuff putting up crappy numbers who have virtually no chance of making
it all the way. so why don't the owners gamble on a kballer or two?
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knuckleballer4life
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| posted on 7-23-2004 at 05:14 PM |
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I sure hope that the number of knuckleballers increases. But then again, what kind of fun would it be if everyone began to throw one. The way it is
now, it's pretty cool.
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LerewFan
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Registered 6-25-2004 Location Drifting in a euphoria Member Is Offline Mood: Ready.
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| posted on 7-23-2004 at 08:02 PM |
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I know the knuckleball is gaining respect cause I have seen about 6 different pitching machines on the market that can throw knuckleballs. One I got
to have pitch to me, yes, it does work.
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GreenMonster
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| posted on 7-23-2004 at 09:03 PM |
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Who has a knucklerballer in their organization?
I thought you'd never ask.
Arizona: Sparks
Atlanta: Ray Aguilar [1] (A Myrtle Beach)
Boston: Wakefield; Charlie Zink (A Sarasota); Joe Rogers (A Sarasota)
San Francisco: Ryan Jensen [2] (AAA Fresno)
Tampa Bay: Mark Comolli (A Bakersfield)
Independent: Joe Gannon (Newark Bears)
Unconfirmed, possibly not knuckling at all:
Ben Foster, 25th round pick of the Rangers
Wes Leston, Braves org.
Charlie Haeger, White Sox org.
[1] Aguilar was at AAA, but took a month off when his father died; he's at A ball, pitching well and realciming the feel for his
knuckleball--he's working with Bruce Dal Canton, one of the KBall HQ 108.
[2] Jensen has been throwing more knuckleballs to go with his knuckle-curve; one recent report pegged him at 60% knuckleballs.
"[Ring] One [Ring] Two [Ring] Three [Ring] Four? Four. Four Rings. Well, perhaps it is TWO postmen" -- Grover in the Monsterpiece
Theatre production of "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
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jmags21
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Registered 5-31-2004 Location New Jersey Member Is Offline Mood: knuckle-liciuos
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| posted on 7-23-2004 at 09:22 PM |
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Thanks for the info.
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coopy208
Knuckleball Elite
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Registered 7-25-2002 Location Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Member Is Offline Mood:
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| posted on 7-24-2004 at 02:06 AM |
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thanks
thanks for that post, i wasnt aware of a couple of those guys, but don't forget Jared Fernandez in new orleans.
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GreenMonster
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| posted on 7-25-2004 at 02:00 AM |
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[Annoyed grunt]!
That's what scripts for The Simpsons have for Homer's "Doh" exclamations.
I had typed in Jared Fernandez's in (Houston, AAA), but hit control-Z or something and lost a few lines, then forgot to type him in again.
Jared's ERA hasn't been great, but it's better as a starter than as a reliever (8 games with a big ERA skewed by two bad outings).
It looks like the Astros don't think he's major-league material, although they haven't given up on him. They called up Chad Qualls
from New Orleans because he's done well as a reliver, and they even traded for Darren Oliver, who hadn't pitched for Florida in almost a
month. Annoying!
It seems to me that a certain Canadian team that pitches in a dome would love to have a knuckleballer with a demonstrated ability to eat innings.
Especially since a certain Cy Young winner with the initials P. H. has retired.
So how about it, Mr. Ricciardi? Are you lurking? Call the Astros and make a deal!
"[Ring] One [Ring] Two [Ring] Three [Ring] Four? Four. Four Rings. Well, perhaps it is TWO postmen" -- Grover in the Monsterpiece
Theatre production of "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
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