The knuckleball has long been one of baseball’s most esteemed and bizarre traditions. Now it is nearing extinction. This year, major league pitchers have thrown only 15 knuckleballs. Those have come ...

Many pitchers seek out velocity. Others look to induced vertical break or spin rate. Tigers knuckleballer Kenny Serwa seeks ...

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 ...

If Bugs Bunny had a pitch, it would be the knuckleball. It weaves and bobs, zigs and zags, and acts like it has a mind of its own. Catchers have trouble catching this pitch. It leaves hitters dazed.

Tigers catcher Jake Rogers recorded his first career strikeout by throwing a nasty knuckleball past Joey Ortiz.

The Detroit Tigers are currently headed to Seattle to play in the ALDS after defeating the Cleveland Guardians in three games to take the AL Wild Card Series. All eyes are on them as they attempt to ...

ATLANTA — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn’t even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, earned ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In an era of high-velocity fastballs, wipeout sliders, and pitchers who seem increasingly interchangeable in their approach, one Guardians prospect is zigging while everyone else ...

OYAMA, Japan — Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses.

OYAMA, Japan — Eri Yoshida sat in the dugout of an all-dirt baseball field in rural Japan, surrounded by rice paddies, narrow roads, and traditional Japanese houses. The scene recalled instantly the ...