knuckleball Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Unconventional and conventional relievers
Charlie Zink, newly minted Memphis Redbird and one of the most recent Great Knuckleballing Hopes, somewhere between Steve Sparks and Charlie Haeger, is not going to be in the Cardinals' bullpen this year. Having made that clear, we can talk, in January, like he might be. Zink as an individual is...
Graph of the Day: Knuckleballers
Like many sabermetricians, I have an unhealthy affection for the knuckleball and the pitchers that throw them. Maybe it's because of the way the ball dances toward the plate, or maybe it's because they don't throw much harder than your average Little Leaguer. Whatever the reason, I think it's fair...
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