The knuckleball may not have been a pitch that was in George Kirby's arsenal, but he had no problem busting it out in Sunday's regular-season finale. The Seattle Mariners starter tossed a knuckleball ...

Kenny Serwa will never forget his first knuckleball. He was 9 years old. It was the summer of 2006. His father, Ken Serwa, stood ready to catch. Kenny had been trying sliders and curveballs in the ...

A good knuckleball is beauty in the absence of motion. So much of baseball, of sports, of life is an exhibition of constant movement, perpetual motion. Things happen, and when they do, they are ...

During a throwing session amid his first spring training with the San Diego Padres last season, Matt Waldron decided on a whim to change things up and toss a knuckleball. Waldron initially taught ...

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 ...

The knuckleball is returning to Major League Baseball. The San Diego Padres are calling up knuckleballer Matt Waldron to start Saturday's home game against the Washington Nationals, according to ...

It's been years since MLB has seen a pitcher throw the knuckleball with as much consistency as Padres pitcher Matt Waldron has this season. And while fans have absolutely loved watching that ...

FORT MYERS, FLA. – Watch Griffin Jax during a live batting practice session, and it’s easy to understand what makes him one of the most dominant relievers in baseball. The velocity and movement on Jax ...

The tightknit knuckleball community includes Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey and two-time World Series champion Tim Wakefield. They showed that, if mastered, the ...

Chris Nowlin would love to teach you how to throw a knuckleball. He runs his “Knuckleball Academy” out of a baseball training facility 10 blocks south of Los Angeles International Airport. He aspires ...

The tightknit knuckleball community includes Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey and two-time World Series champion Tim Wakefield. They showed that, if mastered, the ...