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Word: knucklers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dickson, less rugged than most pitchers, relies on a rich assortment of what baseballers call "stuff." He throws six types of pitches (fast ball, curve, slider, knuckler, sinker and screw ball). Says he: "Sometimes early in a game, some of them aren't working so well. So I drop the bad ones and stick with the ones that will do me the most good." All of them were working against the Yankees that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Orange Curtain | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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