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Word: knuckler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bullpen phone. He, by the way, is played by Peter Fox '72, an alumnus of the Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society. The pitching corps consists of Frito (Bobby DiCicco), a Bruce Springsteen-loving Hispanic; Duke (Wesley Thompson), a self-proclaimed persecuted Black; Moose (Vince Lucchesi), an over-the-hill knuckler; Ripper (Artie Gerunda), a Harvard educated alcoholic; and Tank (Eddie Frierson), a not-too-swift minded hurler...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: Good, Not Very Clean Fun | 7/8/1986 | See Source »

...least one at bat and play an inning in the field. The result, after five hours: 23-6. There were no bad scenes. Cubs Veteran Oliver, caught in a rundown, pretended to drop dead. But there were genuine heroic moments too. Ignoring Catcher Marzelli's call for a knuckler, Peoria Corn Farmer Ken Schwab, 55, who had pitched for an Army team more than a quarter-century ago, "reached back a few years for the best fast ball I could find," and struck Ernie Banks out swinging. Catcher Albano and Short stop Ike Ackerman, a 44-year-old Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Boys of Winter | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...shudder the fat men and the bald men in the knickers and the beanies, "well. . ." Well, it's over, that's all. You can lose a step, even two. You can lose the hop on your fastball, though you may have to learn a knuckler. But if you ever grow up, you can't be a Lost Boy any more. Sorry, those are the rules of never-never land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Savoring the Extra Innings After 40 | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

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