OYAMA, Japan >> Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses. The scene recalled instantly the ...
When Matt Waldron takes the mound for the Padres on Sunday, the shadow of Tim Wakefield will be felt at Fenway Park. Waldron is the only knuckleballer in the big leagues. For the first time since 2019 ...
PEORIA, Ariz. PEORIA, Ariz. — Matthew Batten exhaled and cursed in the same breath as Matt Waldron’s 2-0 knuckleball danced in on his hands in his first live batting practice of the spring . It wasn’t ...
The knuckleball is perhaps the trickiest pitch to throw in Major League Baseball. So few pitchers throw it, whenever one pitcher throws it well, it's big news. The knuckleball's only full-time ...
Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses. The scene recalled instantly the 1989 film “Field ...
It started with a conversation with his father. When Kenny Serwa was 9 years old he expressed interest in throwing breaking pitches, but his father discouraged the experiment on the account of his ...
The 31-year-old Japanese woman is a knuckleball pitcher with a sidearm delivery that she hopes might carry her to the big leagues in the United States or Japan. OYAMA, Japan — Eri Yoshida sat in the ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Eri Yoshida of a Japanese women's team, Agekke,throws a knuckleball as she plays catch during a practice Tuesday in Oyama, ...