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The Knucklebook

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I've been throwing the knuckler for a long time and have pined for a technical, historical, and personal history of this wonder of nature. Anyone who wants to know more about how to throw, catch, hit, or call this pitch needs to read this book. Specific information from famous knuckleball pitchers regarding grip and throwing mechanics are not available elsewhere.It's also funny.

I do suspect that the physicists have the explanation wrong and that its strange irregularities are more related to relativistic properties than chaotic airflow patterns.

This book has the greatest collection of knuckleball information. It is a must read for anyone who wants to throw or learn the knuckleball. It includes pictures of the grips of the most famous knuckleballers including Tim Wakefield, Phil Neikro, and Hoyt Wilhem. The only con is that there is not much information on how you hit, umpire, and catch the pitch. However, as a pitcher myself, I rate this book among the best baseball

Within 2 weeks of my 16 year old son reading this book and practicing the techniques, he was throwing a consistent (85% of the time) knuckleball that had excellent movement. I highly recommend this book.

Nice to see someone passionate enough about something to write a decent book. I gotta tell you if you want to know about Knuckleballs, How to pitch, how to catch, how to coach or just how the suckers break then get this book. Its all in there plus some great quotes.

Baseball players will recognize the knuckleball as one of the more difficult pitches of baseball; but they've never before had an entire book devoted to the play before. Author Dave Clark has spent much of his life studying it, talking to major league pitchers, and trying it out for himself: his in-depth survey reveals everything you need to know about the knuckleball's unique plays and attributes.