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Knuckle Curve - Baseball News

March 19th, 2008

Catching Up with a Knuckleballer

You know we love our knuckleballers here at Knuckle Curve. So does ESPN’s Jim Caple, who actually got into gear and caught Seattle Mariners right-hander R.A. Dickey:
I knew I was in trouble when Dickey and I were playing catch to warm up and one of his throws tipped off my glove and whizzed past my […]

By Geoff Young -- 5 comments

March 14th, 2008

Wakefield’s Influence Only Gets You So Far in Life

The Boston Red Sox have released backup catcher Doug Mirabelli. The 37-year-old backstop has amassed 89 hits against 148 strikeouts over the past three seasons and possesses exactly one usable baseball skill — the ability to catch Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball.
That may not sound like much, but it was enough to give Mirabelli a career. Hey, […]

By Geoff Young -- 1 comment