Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Baseball A knuckle ball.
Wiktionary
- n. baseball A knuckleball
WordNet 3.0
- n. a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
Examples
““But the knuckler is a good waste pitch and if it comes close to the plate, the batter usually goes for it, and even if he hits it, he has a hard time getting a very good piece of it.””
“The knuckler is his one payoff pitch; his only weapon against the hitter.”
“One manifestation of this gut-level dislike of the knuckler was the argument that a pitcher shouldn’t throw the knuckleball as a part of a mixed repertoire; instead, the pitch should be left to specialists.”
“A flat knuckler is likely to be hit, no matter who's at the plate.”
The Wall Street Journal: For Dickey, the Opposing Pitcher Is Not an Easy Out
“That is precisely what I would expect a fuck-knuckler to observe.”
“In less than twenty minutes, the Yankees went from flirting with history in an 8-0 laughter to a tension-filled, 8-7 eighth-inning white knuckler.”
“The lone Mets starter to thrive in the situation is R.A. Dickey, whose devilish knuckler has held batters to a .091 average with the bases juiced.”
The Wall Street Journal: Mets Are Dismal With Three Ducks on the Pond
“In his last two starts, Mr. Dickey's knuckler moved 74 times to the left and 85 times to the right (from the pitcher's perspective).”
The Wall Street Journal: Why Dickey (and Not Wakefield) Is Baffling Baseball
“For example, his knuckler moves between 11-13 inches to the right and left, while Mr. Dickey's moves 9-11 inches.”
The Wall Street Journal: Why Dickey (and Not Wakefield) Is Baffling Baseball
“Ales Hemsky sent a pass back to Grebeshkov at the point, and his knuckler got past Ty Conklin.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘knuckler’.
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Baseball terminology
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