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The Knuckleball

knuckleball pitcher
is a specialist of sorts
a catcher's nightmare

baseballhaiku

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Walter T. Ashe

May 11, 2016 at 12:05 AM

The last line of this Haiku says everything about the pitcher! A pitch travelling in excess of 90mph and even the pitcher doesn't know where it's going to go??? That's a nightmare's nightmare!!!

Robert Heemstra

May 11, 2016 at 8:18 PM

Wild pitches and passed balls! Than it can also be difficult to hit as well!

Lenny Gazbowski

May 9, 2016 at 8:48 PM

nicely penned Robert. I am a football fan, so I will google knuckleball :-) Hey, I got it - A knuckleball or knuckler is a baseball pitch thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion. The air flow over a ...

Robert Heemstra

May 9, 2016 at 10:36 PM

Even the pitcher has no idea witch way the pitch will go! There's only 2 knuckleballers in majors right now, R.A. Dickey and Steven Wright! Thank you for comments Lenny!

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