Vincent Towns was done with baseball all the way back in 1992. That is, until he found a path back via the one method everyone tries.

Tigers' catcher has an incredible knuckleball — could he become a pitcher? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The ...

Wilbur Wood, a knuckleball pitcher who won 20 games for four consecutive seasons as the workhorse of the Chicago White Sox staff during the 1970s, died on Jan. 17. He was 84. Wood spent 17 seasons in ...

Matt Waldron’s knuckleball is probably the Majors’ hardest pitch to catch. It also might be the hardest pitch for umpires to ...

Bubba Chandler’s addition of a sweeper and Jake Rogers’ mastery of the rare knuckleball highlight a wave of diverse pitching weapons altering MLB game plans. Chandler’s new horizontal-breaking pitch ...

San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron was unexpectedly benched by the team in February 2026 in order to have hemorrhoid surgery. Waldron had previously carved out a niche as one of Major League ...

Tigers catcher Jake Rogers recorded his first career strikeout by throwing a nasty knuckleball past Joey Ortiz.

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