Sentences with phrase «knuckleball for»

In the first week of the season the graphic was only a minor annoyance, but soon it will drive us mad as we find out for the 316th time that Tim Wakefield has thrown another 68 mph knuckleball for the Boston Red Sox.

And this year he has pulled a low - and - inside Phil Niekro knuckleball for a homer; hit a high - and - tight fastball past Steve Carlton into centerfield to knock in a run in a 6 - 0, four - hit shutout of the Phillies; and, in another complete - game win, a five - hit shutout of the Mets, he got an RBI on a groundout after New York Pitcher Charlie Puleo had walked the Padres» No. 8 hitter intentionally.

The Astros had a backup catcher throw knuckleballs for them on Tuesday night.

Not exact matches

«I got Doug Mirabelli for my interview, so I asked him how he became the league's premier knuckleball catcher,» says Todd Simpson (above, interviewing, and in action), who spent 10 years as an NHL enforcer.

He looked around for the big flexible mitt he used to catch knuckleballs and discovered that Gary Gentry, a pitcher what's more, had swiped it, leaving Silvestri with a regular catcher's glove, which is not the best piece of equipment with which to catch a long drive.

The puck may be standing on end, a no - chance proposition for the goalie, the shot following the flighty course of a knuckleball — at 90 miles per hour.

He played for a long time, won a lot of games, but he was the kind of pitcher who, as knuckleball pitchers tend to be, are invited on the roster.