Atlanta Braves broadcaster Chip Caray called it an "eephus pitch," because right-hander Tim Hudson doesn't throw a knuckleball. Or so the world thought, until Thursday, when he threw one to Adam ...

Kenny Serwa will never forget his first knuckleball. He was 9 years old. It was the summer of 2006. His father, Ken Serwa, stood ready to catch. Kenny had been trying sliders and curveballs in the ...

The most lethal pitch and the hurlers who throw it.

Detroit — There’s not much science or strategy involved by the time Jake Rogers has to come into a game and pitch an inning to save the bullpen. Rogers, a catcher by trade, is summoned exclusively for ...

The Detroit Tigers didn't have anything to celebrate in a 12-4 loss Tuesday, April 21, against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first of three games in the series at Comerica Park. But Jake Rogers walked ...

A little more than a decade ago, a pitcher by the name of R.A. Dickey threw a kind of knuckleball that baseball had essentially never seen. Now Roki Sasaki might be taking it a step further. Rather ...

At 29, the process of Eddie Gamboa reinventing himself as a pitcher is continuing. He began throwing a knuckleball last year in spring training and and began to have success with the pitch at Double-A ...

It started with a conversation with his father. When Kenny Serwa was 9 years old he expressed interest in throwing breaking pitches, but his father discouraged the experiment on the account of his ...

SARASOTA, Fla. – Eddie Gamboa has a better grip on his pitching future. Gamboa has conceded after much prodding from the Orioles that he needs to go exclusively with his knuckleball. No more mixing it ...

Kenny Serwa, a 27-year-old pitcher with an 88.5 mph knuckleball, is playing for the Detroit Tigers' Double-A affiliate in Erie. Serwa developed his knuckleball with his father at age 9 and persevered ...