“There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.”
– Charley Lau
More proof magic exists.
Posnanski, Joe. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments. United States, Penguin Publishing Group, 2023. pg 17
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Ah, the knuckleball. Nothing in the whole world like it. Willie Stargell called the knuckleball a butterfly with hiccups. Bobby Mercer said hitting one is like eating Jell-O with chopsticks. Tim McCarver said catching one is like trying to seize a moth with tweezers.
– Joe Posnanski
The knuckleball is proof magic exists.
Posnanski, Joe. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments. United States, Penguin Publishing Group, 2023. pg 17
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How important were lacrosse sticks with Onondaga traditions? Life and death.
Babies sleep beside their own wooden stick from the day they’re born. And players are buried with theirs when they die.
Alfie Jacques was one of the last traditional stick carvers alive. Alfie passed in June 2023. He was buried with his stick.
Floodlights and Goalposts 