knuckleball

In the span of just a few hours on Wednesday night, Jason Heyward's jaw was broken by an errant pitch in a Braves-Mets game, and a floating knuckleball broke the left hand of Yankees infielder Jayson Nix.

Wronski loved playing baseball and was known for his knuckleball. He later played for 15 years on the Norton Company's softball league.

She has an arsenal of pitches at her disposal, including a drop, rise, screw, changeup and knuckleball, but said her drop curve is her favorite pitch.

Tim Wakefield may be retired, but he remains the Red Sox knuckleball king.

The first-ball inswinger to Aaron Finch to exploit his leg before weakness, the sharp bouncer that hit Carey, and the slower knuckleball to get rid of Maxwell, emphatically encapsulated the match-winning ability and mentality of a superstar fast bowler.

"It looks like a knuckleball, but I actually thought I was right over that home plate," said Ruich, a bar server in the Stadium Club.

It's called a 'knuckleball' free-kick - and Wilson has perfected it.

Tim Gibbens emailed: "De Vries said he was outfoxed by Daler Kuzyaev's 'knuckleball'.

Boone famously solved Tim Wakefield's knuckleball on an October night in 2003, hitting a home run that beat Boston and delivered the Yankees to the World Series.