Knuckleball

[The Flush]

This article discusses the knuckleball and has a great slow motion gif of one from RA Dickey.

http://www.sportsgrid.com/mlb/watchi...-it-is-to-hit/

No wonder it is so hard to hit. It's also looks hard to catch, particularly with your eyes closed.

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[Chris O'Leary]

This article discusses the knuckleball and has a great slow motion gif of one from RA Dickey.

http://www.sportsgrid.com/mlb/watchi...-it-is-to-hit/

No wonder it is so hard to hit. It's also looks hard to catch, particularly with your eyes closed.

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Last year I had a kid throw me a corkscrew knuckleball without warning.

Not fun.

You have to have VERY soft hands.

[clayadams]

That would be Wilhelm's "spinner". It's a thing of beauty.

[Chris O'Leary]

That would be Wilhelm's "spinner". It's a thing of beauty.

It will literally make you wonder if you're seeing things.

I had no idea what that pitch was until I saw this clip, much less know that someone could throw it on purpose or repeat it (the one I saw was a lucky accident).

Must be devastating, especially if you just show it.

[trademark]

Incredible movement.
I think you could literally tell a hitter that pitch is coming and they would not be able to center it up.