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Saturday, April 28, 2012

‘Knuckleball!’: R.A. Dickey, Tim Wakefield Shine In Wonderful Tribeca Film Festival Doc

Baseball is a war of attrition. Even the best hitters fail 70 percent of the time; even the best teams can lose 70 times in a season. That constant battle with failure is what makes “Knuckleball!” such a great representation of the sport. The documentary—which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday night and screened to rousing applause on Sunday afternoon—focuses on a single pitch, the knuckleball, and how those who dare to master its fluttering eccentricities are really what makes baseball baseball.

PreservedFish Posted: April 28, 2012 at 12:46 AM | 5 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
  Tags: mets, movies, red sox

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   1. Gamingboy Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:25 AM (#4118341)
I want to go to there.
   2. Nasty Nate Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:34 AM (#4118376)
Game 5!
   3. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: April 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM (#4118463)
A .300 OBP is pretty terrible. I suppose 92-70 will occasionally be the best record in a league (like 1974 AL) but it's rare.
   4. PreservedFish Posted: April 28, 2012 at 12:35 PM (#4118468)
You really are bitter.
   5. The Mohole* of David Wells (* - Piehole) Posted: April 28, 2012 at 02:06 PM (#4118524)
I want to go to there.


One of my favorite lines from that show and it gets used pretty regularly around here.

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