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This series vs the Mariners should determine the AL West winner, but the way the Astros have played all year, they'll sweep the Mariners after sweeping the Rangers but then go on to lose 5 of 6 to the Athletics and Angels.

So until I see them actually lock up a playoff, I won't be assuming anything.
 
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Have you baseball guys watched this documentary just called "Knuckleball!" from 2012?

Just finished it. It's too long and goes into too much game detail about Wakefield IMO. Also wish they'd shown more about the older guys like Hough and the Niekros. But it's still worth watching. I love the knuckleball and remember Hough when I was a kid, and RA Dickey learning with the Rangers after he'd failed as a conventional pitcher. I don't think there are any knuckleballers in MLB right now but I hope more come along.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Have you baseball guys watched this documentary just called "Knuckleball!" from 2012?

Just finished it. It's too long and goes into too much game detail about Wakefield IMO. Also wish they'd shown more about the older guys like Hough and the Niekros. But it's still worth watching. I love the knuckleball and remember Hough when I was a kid, and RA Dickey learning with the Rangers after he'd failed as a conventional pitcher. I don't think there are any knuckleballers in MLB right now but I hope more come along.
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Some guys have made careers out of that pitch but nowadays everyone just wants to throw a thousand miles per hour. Probably because anyone who doesn't throw hard when they are young doesn't even get looked at by scouts.
 
It's a shame because I really enjoy the chess match in baseball but often nowadays it just seems like throw hard swing hard and that's about it.

It's one of the reasons I always really liked guys like Greg Maddux despite him being on the Braves, because that dude understood how to pitch.
 
Genghis Khan said:
Some guys have made careers out of that pitch but nowadays everyone just wants to throw a thousand miles per hour. Probably because anyone who doesn't throw hard when they are young doesn't even get looked at by scouts.
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True, there is an obsession with velocity now. But that pitch was always for guys who couldn't throw hard enough (or got injured) anyway. And it's not like hitters have changed -- no one can still hit it when it's thrown properly.

Some of the funniest footage from that doc is the Niekro bros looking like they pulled a grandpa out of the stands to pitch. But they were still getting guys out.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
True, there is an obsession with velocity now. But that pitch was always for guys who couldn't throw hard enough (or got injured) anyway. And it's not like hitters have changed -- no one can still hit it when it's thrown properly.

Some of the funniest footage from that doc is the Niekro bros looking like they pulled a grandpa out of the stands to pitch. But they were still getting guys out.
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That's the other thing, when you rely on that pitch you can almost pitch forever if you throw it right.

It's kind of surprising that nobody works on it just to have in their back pocket as they age. It can't be that hard to learn.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Have you baseball guys watched this documentary just called "Knuckleball!" from 2012?

Just finished it. It's too long and goes into too much game detail about Wakefield IMO. Also wish they'd shown more about the older guys like Hough and the Niekros. But it's still worth watching. I love the knuckleball and remember Hough when I was a kid, and RA Dickey learning with the Rangers after he'd failed as a conventional pitcher. I don't think there are any knuckleballers in MLB right now but I hope more come along.
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Matt Waldron is throwing it but he's having a hard time sticking with the Padres. Spends a lot of time in the minors with some games here and there with the major league team.
 
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