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knuckl ball pitcherss?
who are knuckelball pitchers in the biggs besides wakfield and that mets pitcher.
BQ- if a knuckelball is the hardest pitch to hit, why arent there any MLB closers who throw it, wouldnt it make since to have one???
Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey are the only "knuckl ball pitcherss" currently in the Majors who throw the pitch frequently.
Former major leaguer Charlie Haeger is pitching for the Mariners in AAA.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=haeger001cha
Charlie Zink, who pitched in one game for Boston in 2008, pitched in AAA last year for Minnesota and on February 18, 2011, he signed a contract with the Lancaster Barnstormers. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=zink--001cha
BQ: The knuckleball is a tough pitch to hit "when things are going good" but sometimes that's not the case. Knuckleball pitchers give up a lot of baserunners, are easy to steal against, and generate a lot of wild pitches and passed balls, things that you don't want from a closer. There has been a couple of knuckleball closers in the past but I'll doubt we'll ever see another one.
Hoyt Wilhelm had over 200 saves as a closer in his career including 13 saves for the Braves in 1970 at the age of 47.
From 1968 to 1970, Wilbur Wood had 52 saves for the White Sox and even set the single season record by appearing in 88 games in 1968 (later broken by Mike Marshall). From 1971-73 he averaged 357 innings as a starter. Wood and Wilhelm were teammates in 1967 and 1968 and in 1968 Wilhelm had 12 saves while Wood had 16. A lefty-righty knuckleball closer tandem. I'm sure Wilhelm gave a huge boost to Wood's career.
The last knuckleball closer was Charlie Hough for the Dodgers in 1976 and 1977. He saved 18 and 22 games those two years.
edit to add a couple of other knuckleball closer:
Turk Lown had 73 saves in his career and Eddie Fisher had 24 and 19 saves in 1965 and 1966. The majority of the saves for these two came with the White Sox. So starting in 1958, Chicago had this stretch of knuckleball closers:
1958: Lown 8 saves
1959: Lown 15 saves
1960: Lown 5 saves
1961: Lown 11 saves
1962: Lown 6 saves, Fisher 5 saves
1963: Wilhelm 21 saves
1964: Wilhelm 27 saves, Fisher 9 saves
1965: Fisher 24 saves, Wilhelm 20 saves
1966: Fisher 6 saves, Wilhelm 6 saves
1967: Wilhelm 12 saves, Wood 4 saves
1968: Wood 16 saves, Wilhelm 12 saves
1969: Wood 15 saves
1970: Wood 21 saves
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Punching Bag Safety
The punching bag is the best tools out there for helping to improve MMA and boxing skills. One thing that is often overlooked is safety. The objective of this article is to point out common punching bag injuries and some ways to avoid running into problems. Some of the tips mentioned in this article may seem obvious, but they are still brought up because they are not as uncommon as we’d like.
The most common injury is the fractured or broken hand, which often results from improper bag contact during a cross or a hook. Whenever you strike the punching bag, you should aim to make contact such that the flat part of your pointer and middle fingers are flush against the bag. Avoid striking such that the only point of contact is the knuckles as with excessive pressure, knuckles can still break or fracture. Distributing the weight across your fingers will lessen the blow.
A common mistake is striking the punching bag such that the main point of contact is across the middle and ring fingers. Your hand is very week between the middle and ring knuckles and this kind of punch can result in a fractured or broken hand. Again, stick to the flush middle/pointer fingers punch to avoid this.
Some beginners squeeze their thumbs with their other fingers during a punch. And yes, you guessed it, upon impact, they often jam or fracture their thumb. When you make a fist, your thumb should be away from the other fingers.
Even though the following tips seem pretty common sense, I believe they should be revisited because they do still happen. When you are practicing on a punching bag and the bag sways, realize that the harder you punch it, the more it will come back at you. Practice dodging and remember to shift out of its way. If you have a strong punch, the bag will swing a lot and you could potentially knock yourself out.
When hanging a punching bag, please read the manual to determine the optimal place to hang it, and use the hook/ hanging apparatus included. Follow the hanging instructions step by step and ensure that the ceiling or platform used to hang the bag can support the weight.
Last but not least is kicking. Just like you can jam or break your thumb, you can injure your feet if you accidentally make contact with your toes. Aim to point your toes away from your knee, and make contact with the flat part of your foot. Some punching bags have very hard bases, and sometimes the bags themselves are a harder/different material towards the bottom. Keep this in mind when you are kicking because if you hit one of the harder materials, regardless of whether you point your toes or not, you are asking to get injured.
The objective of this article was not to scare you away from boxing and MMA; it was to review common injuries and mistakes so you can achieve your goals without getting hurt, And yes some of the tips reviewed seem trivial, nonetheless they still happen. Train hard, train safe.
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