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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phatillusion" data-source="post: 25350" data-attributes="member: 541271"><p>Crazy, I threw a knuckle ball too.  I could never figure out how to throw a change up, so I started throwing a knuckle, my first ever knuckle ball in a game got knocked out for a grand slam.  That was the only hit I ever gave up off a knuckler and I threw at least 5-8 in a game.  Fastball (mid 80's 86 tops I think) consistently hit 83.  I also threw a big hooking curveball that started at the batters head and swooped to the outside corner of the plate, also threw a slider.  Was developing a sinker, but never threw it in a game, it was so nasty too.  Just needed to get control, I gripped it with my middle and ring finger kinda like a knuckle, and when i threw it, I pushed my fingers out, to give it that downward rotation.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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