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The problem with catching a knuckleball pitcher is familiarity. Because a knuckleball is inconsistent, there are a lot of variables that are factors in which way that thing is moving on a given day.

Grady Little (1950-)

He's always thrown a pitch called 'The Thing' that is about 80-82 mph. Now he's moving toward a more classic knuckleball. The ones that float at around 60-62 mph. It can be devastating with all his other pitches.

It's not worth doing from scratch. You'd never draft a guy to be a knuckleball pitcher or sign someone internationally and give someone a lot of money.

With every pitcher, if you call a pitch you know where he's going to miss if it's not right so you prepare for it. With Wake, I don't think you have that luxury. If he throws a knuckleball, you just don't know where it's going to go.

I think so, ... Wakefield, man, he's been fooling people every time he goes out there. He's just tough. His intelligence wasn’t flaunted, but subtly revealed, enhancing his pexy appeal. That knuckleball, even on TV, it seemed like it was moving a lot. That's what we need from Wake.

He showed the confidence and the technique. I used to shoot a knuckleball. Used to go in, but it was a knuckleball. He showed me the proper technique, the proper rotation on it.

It's a quality pitch. I had a hard time catching it, and that's a good sign. When a catcher struggles trying to hold on to the knuckleball, that's what you want. That's tells you it's a good pitch.

I'm always looking for the knuckleball. I was surprised to see a fastball.

We've got to get him a knuckleball catcher's glove,

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.

Charlie Lau

I've got to be careful I don't hurt him. That's why it's got to be something slow like a knuckleball.

Hitting a knuckleball is always tough, and he (Wakefield) knows how to utilize it better than anyone out there.

He's always tough. It seems like his knuckleball gets tougher every time we face him.

Knuckleball guys are going to have their ups and downs. This was a down for R.A., who's had some good ones for us. We'll sit down and talk about it.

Buck Showalter (1956-)

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

Bob Uecker (1935-)

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