The most lethal pitch and the hurlers who throw it.

A Minnesota Twins prospect has a chance to make Major League Baseball history this season. Twins pitcher Cory Lewis has been turning heads with his knuckleball during the early portion of spring ...

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The Detroit Tigers have signed right-hander Kenny Serwa to a minor league contract. The 27-year-old isn't like most pitchers. He throws the fastest knuckleball ever recorded in baseball history, ...

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MLB is better when there are knuckleball pitchers, but right now, that's pretty much a lost art. Well, except for Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers. Rogers obviously doesn't pitch regularly, but he ...

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If Bugs Bunny had a pitch, it would be the knuckleball. It weaves and bobs, zigs and zags, and acts like it has a mind of its own. Catchers have trouble catching this pitch. It leaves hitters dazed.

The knuckleball has long been one of baseball’s most esteemed and bizarre traditions. Now it is nearing extinction. This year, major league pitchers have thrown only 15 knuckleballs. Those have come ...

Waldron said Wednesday that he is planning to throw his knuckleball more frequently during the upcoming season, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com reports. The knuckler was Waldron's most-used pitch last year, ...

Padres pitcher Matt Waldron is the closest thing MLB has to an active knuckleball pitcher. The knuckleball isn't his only pitch, but when he does throw one, they're usually effective. And on Sunday, ...

Wilbur Wood, who pitched 376 2/3 innings in 1972, died Saturday in Burlington, Mass. He was 84 years old. No cause of death has been reported as of Sunday evening. Wood is widely regarded as the best ...