The knuckleball has long been one of baseball’s most esteemed and bizarre traditions. Now it is nearing extinction. This year, major league pitchers have thrown only 15 knuckleballs. Those have come ...

UNDERWAY, JUST NOT FOR THE HUSKERS. NEBRASKA BASEBALL IS OFFICIALLY IN THE OFF SEASON, BUT IT WAS A YEAR FILLED WITH A LOT TO CHEER ABOUT AND A TEAM WILL, BOLT SAYS HE’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER KETV ...

MLB is better when there are knuckleball pitchers, but right now, that's pretty much a lost art. Well, except for Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers. Rogers obviously doesn't pitch regularly, but he ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The knuckleball is perhaps the trickiest pitch to throw in Major League ...

Vincent Towns was done with baseball all the way back in 1992. That is, until he found a path back via the one method everyone tries.

San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron has found success with his knuckleball this season, and one particular pitch from Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels helped illustrate why.

Even though Spring Training is long behind us, we have no reason to stop looking into pitchers throwing new pitches. In fact, this is when the fun begins. Many pitchers will test new pitches in the ...

Matt Waldron’s knuckleball is probably the Majors’ hardest pitch to catch. It also might be the hardest pitch for umpires to ...

ATLANTA — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn’t even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, earned ...

Growing up in Omaha, Neb., Matt Waldron would play a baseball video game on his Nintendo GameCube as Tim Wakefield deployed a knuckleball over and over again. He would then toy with the pitch in the ...

San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron is part of a dying breed. When he made his big league debut last season, he was the MLB first pitcher since 2019 to have a knuckleball as part of his arsenal.

OYAMA, Japan — Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses. The scene recalled instantly the ...