Word: knuckler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...while the big righthander was spiking M.I.T., his teammates were having fits with Engineer hurler Bob Kiburz. For the first six innings, Kiburz twirled a tough knuckler and a sneaky fastball past the Crimson, yielding only three hits...
...night, and nobody so much as muffed a fly. The trouble was trying to hit one. "The ball just doesn't carry here," complained Yankee John Blanchard, swinging mightily and watching the ball settle into the catcher's glove. "It must be mathematical." Pitchers were ecstatic. "My knuckler's never broken better," chortled Houston's Ken Johnson. "This is a pitcher's park...
...came up from Sox farms. In the bullpen, ex-Oriole Hoyt Wilhelm at 41 has brought his dancing knuckle ball into no fewer than 56 games this year. He has 17 official saves and an E.R.A. of 2.27. And then there is Eddie Fisher (ex-Giant), another knuckler, who has not lost a game in his last 17 appearances...