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Why are there no knuckleballers in professional baseball anymore
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Niekro remembered for mastery of the knuckleball
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Unpredictable and unmanly: baseball's fear of the knuckleball
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The Knuckleball Can Devastate, So Why Don't All Pitchers Throw It
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Tim Wakefield and the Glory of the Knuckleball
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Joe Niekro, 61, a Master of the Knuckleball, Is Dead - The New
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Orioles minor leaguers Clark and Gamboa hope knuckleball lands
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Hall of Fame pitcher, Belmont County native Phil Niekro dies
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Phil Niekro Dies: Hall Of Fame Knuckleball Pitcher Was 81 – Deadline