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- noun Plural form of
knuckler .
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Examples
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That moves knuckleballer Tim Wakefield to Wednesday, news that Teixeira—who has hit Buchholz's sinkers much harder than Wakefield's knucklers—greeted with a shake of the head.
Yankees, Sox Are Finally Looking Like Their Old Selves Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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That moves knuckleballer Tim Wakefield to Wednesday, news that Teixeira—who has hit Buchholz's sinkers much harder than Wakefield's knucklers—greeted with a shake of the head.
Yankees, Sox Are Finally Looking Like Their Old Selves Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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If you rode one of Wakefield's knucklers from here to Pittsburgh, it'd take just under three hours ...
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He's not anti-union, and he's not a verbal hard-knucklers.
Krugman Hits Obama Yet Again -- This Time On Battle With Edwards Over 527s 2009
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Ok folks, that cockpit pronouncement was a fabrication but, I'm getting more than nervous now, apart from sticker shock at the cost of taking a flight these days; future flights could become real white knucklers.
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"The pitchers tried something different every time he came up, sliders, sinkers, knucklers, but he swung and connected, spraying them to all fields."
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Unlike fastballs, which go straight, or breaking balls, which curve at predictable angles, knucklers are erratic.
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KIRBY HIGBE late career Made his name with great fastball while pitching for Dodgers, wound up throwing mostly knucklers for Giants.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Description: “His pleasant disposition, rich sense of humor, comical physical appearance and the plentiful assortment of slow stuff—curves, sliders and knucklers— which he throws with such gay abandon have made him something of a legend even in a country where every man is a potential character and every situation a potentially comic one.”
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Unlike fastballs, which go straight, or breaking balls, which curve at predictable angles, knucklers are erratic.
Life of Brian: 2004
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