Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Tad Pole . . . as KNUCKLEBALL! gives them extremely short shrift, relegating several backstops to a one-minute, sound-bite montage, with no helpful hints on how to catch these 58 to 78 m.p.h. freakish "whiffle balls." Even less time is devoted to the fact that Sabermetics have made the knuckleball obsolete. As this documentary confesses, the knuckleball's place is for the fill-in, "throwaway" innings, when a game already sports an unreachable run differential. During the 2014 season, for instance, the crowning knuckleballer achievement came at Detroit's Comerica Park, when rookie Tigers manager Brad Ausmus sent in a random Malibu utility infielder--Danny Worth--to pitch in a game for the first time since he was a seven-year-old against a Texas Rangers team which was ahead by 10 or 15 runs TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW! (MLB has no "mercy rule"). Sure, Worth got six outs, posting a 4.50 Earned Run Average in the process (which was BETTER than the Tigers regular bull pen's cumulative ERA year-to-date). But former Yankees manager Joe Torre (featured in KNUCKLEBALL!) never would have pulled a stunt like Ausmus', and apparently used his high office to rake the Tigers over the coals for using this "trick pitch" against such a respectable team as the Rangers. The Tigers were forced to send Worth packing back to Malibu the following week. The knuckleball is now DEAD, as far as MLB is concerned (and only R.A. Dickey doesn't know this).

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- Knuckelball, 2012. Follows the odd throwing pattern of Major League pitchers.*Special Stars- Tim Wakefield.*Theme- Practice makes perfect.*Trivia/location/goofs- Documentary.*Emotion- An interesting and well developed film covering this interesting subject for baseball fans. Enjoyable and tells the human costs and pain of using this pitching style in the leagues. Shows an unvarnished and truthful account of the tricks, gimmicks, strategy, and problems to players if they wish to use this very special and deadly pitching asset against major league hitters.

salmon62 This is an interesting documentary for baseball fans. Much of the iconic attributions to baseball's knuckle-ballers has been made before by sportscasters during games, but this is fun to watch nonetheless. The movie focuses on two pitchers in 2011, Tim Wakefield, and R.A. Dickey. I believe Dickey is still pitching in 2013 for the Blue Jays.There is a tendency in documentary filmmaking to include too much footage, and "Knuckleball" is no different. The documentary jumps back and forth in time rather than follow a chronological order. The same crowd shots are used multiple times. There is footage of the pitchers driving around in cars. There is a lot of game footage of the two pitchers which becomes tiresome after an hour. Just when you think there is going to be some breakthrough or change of pace in the film, it lapses back into footage from the mid 2000's. There is excessive coverage of the Red Sox-Yankees series.This movie would be good for people who aren't familiar with pitching styles or the history of the famous knuckle-ballers in baseball.There are entertaining interviews with Niekro, Hough, and Wilbur Wood.In short, this documentary is about 15 minutes too long. It is a good bet for serious baseball fans.

garypaterson Was lucky enough to catch this at the world premier free screening at the Tribeca Film Festival last Saturday.Really enjoyed its interesting and heart warming story telling about the rare baseball bread of the knuckleball pitcher. Both looking back and looking forward the film brought the story of this select band of pitchers beautifully to the screen.R.A Dickey... such a class guy and there is something quite touching that he is the only knuckleballer left in the MLB. And you couldn't wish for a better champion of the 'freak' pitch.Would happily watch it again. Congrats to all those involved.