Knuckleball (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Knuckleball" in English language version.

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as.com (Global: 229^th place; English: 502^nd place)

San Martín, Pedro P. (14 September 2013). "Set-piece dilemma: CR7 Tomahawk vs Bale Knuckleball". as.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

Anka, Carl (16 December 2018). "Noughty Boys: No one hit a free-kick quite like Juninho Pernambucano". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

bleacherreport.com (Global: 262^nd place; English: 194^th place)

Nate Beard. "The Future of the Knuckleball". Bleacher Report.
Tidey, Will (23 March 2013). "Pele to Zico to Beckham to Ronaldo: Evolution of the Free-Kick Masters". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
"The Top 15 Best Shooters in World Football". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Gibson, Bob; Jackson, Reggie; Wheeler, Lonnie (2011-04-05). Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game Is Played. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-7679-3110-6.
Gibson, Bob; Jackson, Reggie; Wheeler, Lonnie (2011-04-05). Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game Is Played. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-7679-3110-6.
James, Bill; Neyer, Rob (16 June 2008). The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439103777.

cbssports.com (Global: 205^th place; English: 131^st place)

Mike Axisa (June 23, 2023). "Padres calling up knuckleballer Matt Waldron to start Saturday vs. Nationals". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.

chicagotribune.com (Global: 95^th place; English: 70^th place)

Johnson, David (June 6, 1986). "Richards' Elephant Mitt Fit Wilhelm's Knuckleball Like a Glove". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

cincinnati.com (Global: 2,042^nd place; English: 1,127^th place)

"Position players pitch: Alex Blandino outdoes fellow St. Francis HS alum Daniel Descalso".

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Nathan, Alan M. (February 29, 2012). "Analysis of knuckleball trajectories". Procedia Engineering. 34: 116–121. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2012.04.021.
Higuchi, Hiroshi; Kiura, Toshiro (2012). "Aerodynamics of knuckle ball: Flow-structure interaction problem on a pitched baseball without spin". Journal of Fluids and Structures. 32: 65–77. Bibcode:2012JFS....32...65H. doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.01.004.
Borg, John; Morrissey, Michael (2014). "Aerodynamics of the knuckleball pitch: Experimental measurements on slowly rotating baseballs" (PDF). American Journal of Physics. 82 (10): 921–927. Bibcode:2014AmJPh..82..921B. doi:10.1119/1.4885341.

espn.com (Global: 56^th place; English: 42^nd place)

McAdam, Sean (2008-07-22). "Wakefield, Dickey share a unique relationship". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
Hackett, Robin (13 September 2012). "Giuseppe Meazza: Champion of the world". ESPN FC. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
Seifert, Kevin (December 15, 2015). "Sam Koch has changed the punting game -- and almost no one noticed". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

fifa.com (Global: 42^nd place; English: 60^th place)

"Who is the free-kick master?". FIFA.com. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
"The inimitable Giuseppe Meazza". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
"Bonansea: I was always daydreaming of football in class". FIFA.com. 4 February 2019.

fultonhistory.com (Global: 6,467^th place; English: 3,567^th place)

"Charles H. Druery" (PDF). Watertown Daily. 27 December 1968. Retrieved 2014-09-18.

gazzetta.it (Global: 189^th place; English: 833^rd place)

Gerna, Jacopo (11 November 2013). "Juventus: Pirlo, ma che punizione hai tirato? La maledetta che sfida la fisica". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2015.

giuseppemeazza.it (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Technical gifts". www.giuseppemeazza.it. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

hardballtimes.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Walsh, John (November 27, 2007). "Butterflies are not bullets". The Hardball Times. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; English: 17^th place)

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Higuchi, Hiroshi; Kiura, Toshiro (2012). "Aerodynamics of knuckle ball: Flow-structure interaction problem on a pitched baseball without spin". Journal of Fluids and Structures. 32: 65–77. Bibcode:2012JFS....32...65H. doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.01.004.
Borg, John; Morrissey, Michael (2014). "Aerodynamics of the knuckleball pitch: Experimental measurements on slowly rotating baseballs" (PDF). American Journal of Physics. 82 (10): 921–927. Bibcode:2014AmJPh..82..921B. doi:10.1119/1.4885341.

illinois.edu (Global: 1,349^th place; English: 866^th place)

baseball.physics.illinois.edu

Nathan, Alan M. "The Physics of Baseball: Knuckleball Research". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
Borg, John; Morrissey, Michael (2014). "Aerodynamics of the knuckleball pitch: Experimental measurements on slowly rotating baseballs" (PDF). American Journal of Physics. 82 (10): 921–927. Bibcode:2014AmJPh..82..921B. doi:10.1119/1.4885341.

latimes.com (Global: 22^nd place; English: 19^th place)

Schilken, Chuck (2012-11-15). "R. A. Dickey calls Cy Young Award a victory for all knuckleballers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
"Boggs Can be a Pitcher Too". Los Angeles Times. 11 August 1999.

magliarossonera.it (Global: 6,018^th place; English: 7,347^th place)

"Giuseppe Meazza" (in Italian). Magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

mlb.com (Global: 130^th place; English: 113^th place)

mlb.com

Ian Browne (October 18, 2019). "Red Sox release knuckleballer Wright". MLB.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
"You knew Wade Boggs could hit, but did you also know he had a nasty knuckleball?". MLB.com. 19 August 2018.
"Worth debuts knuckleball in rare mound appearance". MLB.com. 22 May 2014.
"Catcher turned third baseman turned knuckleballer ... In one day". MLB.com.

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"Knuckleballers' paths as tricky as the pitch". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014.

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"Red Sox catcher Ryan Lavarnway ties big league record with four passed balls". mlb.com. Retrieved September 27, 2013.

newyork.yankees.mlb.com

Mark Feinsand (19 October 2004). "Yanks, Sox headed back to NY". MLB.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-18. The passed balls allowed Yankee Gary Sheffield to reach first after a strikeout and then advance to second and third; but didn't score, and the Red Sox won the game.

news.google.com (Global: 59^th place; English: 45^th place)

"Knuckleball pitchers may be a dying breed". Herald-Journal – via Google News Archive Search.
"The art of the mysterious knuckleball is on the verge of extinction". The Tuscaloosa News – via Google News Archive Search.

newspapers.com (Global: 55^th place; English: 36^th place)

"Knuckle Ball Inventor Dead". Cumberland Evening Times. 27 December 1968. Retrieved 2014-09-18.

newyorker.com (Global: 146^th place; English: 110^th place)

McGrath, Ben (May 17, 2004). "Project Knuckleball". The New Yorker.

nfl.com (Global: 147^th place; English: 97^th place)

"Tyler Bass tucks 52-yard knuckleball FG inside left upright". NFL.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.

npr.org (Global: 92^nd place; English: 72^nd place)

"Mets' Pitcher Makes 'Knuckleball!' His Own". NPR. September 19, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Hoffman, Benjamin. "Not So Easy on the Eyes" New York Times (June 23, 2012)
Witz, Billy (May 30, 2010). "Japan's 'Knuckle Princess' Arrives in U.S." The New York Times.
Sandomir, Richard (2023-10-01). "Tim Wakefield, Pitcher Who Helped Boston Break the Curse, Dies at 57". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
Weber, Bruce (July 19, 2019). "Jim Bouton, Author of Tell-All Baseball Memoir 'Ball Four,' Dies at 80". The New York Times.

projo.com (Global: 7,506^th place; English: 4,657^th place)

soxblog.projo.com

Barbarisi, Dan (August 26, 2009). "Victor Martinez passes the Wakefield test". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

reddit.com (Global: 1,082^nd place; English: 764^th place)

Murphy, Dave (2012-12-21). "I am 2-time NL MVP Dale Murphy, former MLB player for the Braves, Phillies and Rockies. AMA!". Reddit. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

Keating, Steve (2013-04-02). "Arencibia lives knuckleball nightmare on opening day". Reuters. Retrieved 2013-04-07.

sabr.org (Global: 2,059^th place; English: 1,097^th place)

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Administrator. "The Sunday Saga of Ted Lyons". sabr.org.

sbnation.com (Global: 1,100^th place; English: 646^th place)

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Neyer, Rob (June 24, 2012). "Will R. A. Dickey's Angry Knuckleball Change The Game?". Baseball Nation. Retrieved June 29, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

sbnation.com

Sullivan, Jeff (10 July 2012). "All-Star Game 2012: The Glove To Catch R. A. Dickey". SB Nation. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

sciencedaily.com (Global: 993^rd place; English: 920^th place)

American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics (November 2012). "What's behind the success of the soccer 'knuckleball'".

sciencedirect.com (Global: 149^th place; English: 178^th place)

Higuchi, Hiroshi; Kiura, Toshiro (2012). "Aerodynamics of knuckle ball: Flow-structure interaction problem on a pitched baseball without spin". Journal of Fluids and Structures. 32: 65–77. Bibcode:2012JFS....32...65H. doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.01.004.

seattletimes.com (Global: 519^th place; English: 316^th place)

"Mariners' George Kirby unveils knuckleball in final game of the season". The Seattle Times. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

si.com (Global: 168^th place; English: 114^th place)

DAN GARTLAND (June 24, 2021). "Knuckleballer Mickey Jannis Making His MLB Debut at Age 33 Is So Cool". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
Williams, Madison (2023-10-02). "Mariners' George Kirby Had the Best Tribute to Tim Wakefield". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 30^th place; English: 24^th place)

"Didi". The Telegraph. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Selvey, Mike; Marks, Vic; Bull, Andy; Hopps, David (April 4, 2011). "Cricket World Cup: The writers' verdicts". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
Brian Glanville (15 May 2001). "Didi". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

triblive.com (Global: 2,497^th place; English: 1,362^nd place)

"MLB pitchers setting velocity records, altering balance of power". TribLIVE.com.

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Stycer, Mauricio (11 June 2014). "Mestre de Pirlo, Juninho Pernambucano ensinou italiano a bater falta" (in Portuguese). UOL.

wcnc.com (Global: low place; English: 7,732^nd place)

"Panthers kicker Ryan Fitzgerald making a statement early in his rookie season". wcnc.com. 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-10-02.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Knuckleballers' paths as tricky as the pitch". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014.
Barbarisi, Dan (August 26, 2009). "Victor Martinez passes the Wakefield test". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
Mark Feinsand (19 October 2004). "Yanks, Sox headed back to NY". MLB.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-18. The passed balls allowed Yankee Gary Sheffield to reach first after a strikeout and then advance to second and third; but didn't score, and the Red Sox won the game.
"Who is the free-kick master?". FIFA.com. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
"Kings of the free-kick". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 May 2014
San Martín, Pedro P. (14 September 2013). "Set-piece dilemma: CR7 Tomahawk vs Bale Knuckleball". as.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
"The inimitable Giuseppe Meazza". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
Seifert, Kevin (December 15, 2015). "Sam Koch has changed the punting game -- and almost no one noticed". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

weei.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Speier, Alex (March 3, 2010). "Knuckleball life comes full circle for Wakefield". WEEI. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

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Sandomir, Richard (2023-10-01). "Tim Wakefield, Pitcher Who Helped Boston Break the Curse, Dies at 57". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

Knuckleball (English Wikipedia)

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