Catcher has no idea where the ball is going; just closes the eyes and hopes.
As a Red Sox fan, having watched Wakefield pitch forever, I <3 knuckle balls.
Holy crap. Even the catcher stabs at catching it. Batter is like "Huh?"As a Red Sox fan, having watched Wakefield pitch forever, I <3 knuckle balls.
For a long time, the Sox had their backup catcher pretty much dedicated to catching Wakefield. And catchers pretty routinely use special (read: fvcking huge) gloves for catching knuckleballers. See above.Holy crap. Even the catcher stabs at catching it. Batter is like "Huh?"
Actually I believe there is a direct correlation, as proven in the documentary Idiocracy.Unfortunately no correlation between stupid and inability to reproduce.