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    In Major League history, the term knuckle curve or knuckle curveball has been used to describe three entirely different pitches. All are unrelated to the...
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    Curveball (redirect from Curve ball)
    curveball, power curveball, and the knuckle curve. Its close relatives are the slider and the slurve. The "curve" of the ball varies from pitcher to pitcher...
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    Knuckleball (redirect from Knuckle ball)
    pitch likely resembled the knuckle curve—and Eddie Cicotte of the Chicago White Sox, who in 1908 was nicknamed "Knuckles", are two possible creators...
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    Slider (pitch) (redirect from Nickel curve)
    slider was also a strikeout pitch to left-handed hitters, throwing it to curve back over the outside corner and catch the hitter looking. Hall of Fame...
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  • pitches. The most common breaking pitches are: 12–6 curveball Curveball Knuckle curve Screwball Slider Slurve The changeup is an off-speed pitch, usually...
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    grip a baseball in a way that resulted in an exceptional curveball (or knuckle curve), which broke radically before reaching the plate. With this technique...
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  • the rainbow curve—gravity curve, The Monty Brewster (a reference to the titular character in Brewster's Millions), and the Bugs Bunny curve, a reference...
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  • by Knuckle Curve. It has been serialized on Takeshobo's Web Comic Gamma Plus website since October 2018. Written and illustrated by Knuckle Curve, Welcome...
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  • Breaking balls Curveball (12–6 Knuckle curve) Screwball Slider Slurve Changeups Circle changeup Forkball Fosh Palmball Splitter Straight changeup Vulcan...
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    knuckle curve (low 80s MPH). He has decreased the use of his sinker/changeup. His strikeout pitches are high fastballs and a low inside knuckle curve...
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    in the minor leagues, believing its use could make Bundy's fastball and curve less effective.  Baseball portal Chen, Albert (June 13, 2011). "This Is...
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    curve in the late 1870s. In the early 1880s, Clinton Scollard (1860–1932), a pitcher from Hamilton College in New York, became famous for his curve ball...
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  • Breaking balls Curveball (12–6 Knuckle curve) Screwball Slider Slurve Changeups Circle changeup Forkball Fosh Palmball Splitter Straight changeup Vulcan...
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    Breaking balls Curveball (12–6 Knuckle curve) Screwball Slider Slurve Changeups Circle changeup Forkball Fosh Palmball Splitter Straight changeup Vulcan...
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    in all of Major League Baseball. In August 2019, Darvish learned a knuckle curve from Cubs teammate Craig Kimbrel and began using the pitch. Advance...
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    Breaking balls Curveball (12–6 Knuckle curve) Screwball Slider Slurve Changeups Circle changeup Forkball Fosh Palmball Splitter Straight changeup Vulcan...
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    Breaking balls Curveball (12–6 Knuckle curve) Screwball Slider Slurve Changeups Circle changeup Forkball Fosh Palmball Splitter Straight changeup Vulcan...
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    2007. Retrieved April 28, 2021. "Farrell's Fast One Alive; Bunker Controls Curve". The Miami News. May 27, 1964. p. 2B. Retrieved April 23, 2021 – via Newspapers...
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    Breaking balls Curveball (12–6 Knuckle curve) Screwball Slider Slurve Changeups Circle changeup Forkball Fosh Palmball Splitter Straight changeup Vulcan...
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  • and a separate room for his grandmother. After learning a devastating knuckle curve, Sugar is invited to spring training by the fictional Kansas City Knights...
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  • Breaking balls Curveball (12–6 Knuckle curve) Screwball Slider Slurve Changeups Circle changeup Forkball Fosh Palmball Splitter Straight changeup Vulcan...
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    they throw the ball. Because they throw almost underhanded with their knuckles near the field surface, the batter perceives the sensation of the ball...
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    out at 95 mph, a two-seam fastball, a slider, a changeup, and a plus knuckle-curve. He was always a finesse pitcher, and coming up through the Orioles'...
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    the fastest pitch ever recorded at that time. He also had a very good knuckle-curve that he used as an off-speed pitch. He was among the primary reasons...
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    153 km/h), a changeup 84 to 85 miles per hour (135–137 km/h), and a knuckle curve 79 to 81 miles per hour (127–130 km/h). Wood married his longtime girlfriend...
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    Gerrit Cole (category Altoona Curve players)
    102 miles per hour (164 km/h) in college. He also throws a slider, knuckle curve, changeup, and as of 2022 has reintroduced his cutter which is a pitch...
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    hitting the pitch at only a .167 clip. In 2017, he started to throw a knuckle curve, averaging 77-80 MPH, which he had formerly thrown in high school. In...
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    team record. After a disappointing 1976 season, he used his strong knuckle curve to become a valuable member of the pennant-winning teams of the next...
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    cargo. Jumbo Barge- Common size for dry cargo barge, 35’x195’ or 200’ Knuckle- Curved steel plate on side and bottom of barges. Lightering- Removing product...
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    (topping out at 99 MPH), a cut fastball that averages 92–93 MPH, and a knuckle curve in the mid-80s that he started throwing in 2013. Davis is the second-cousin...
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