I still think he only keeps this up for a year or two at most. Once that fastball falls below 80 MPH, he’s due for a serious regression because the deception between knuckleball and fastball won’t be there.

Knuckleballers don’t have to rely speed as much, and thus are a little more impervious to the effects of age

This is where I have to disagree with you, Lisk. Dickey does rely on velocity. The quotes from Tampa and Baltimore hitters even indicate this. It’s the fact that his fastball comes in closer to 83-84 whereas other knuckleball pitchers threw in the 70s. He also changes the velocity on his knuckleball and throws it for strikes at a more frequent rate than other knuckleball pitchers. The strike throwing can be maintained, albeit at a lesser rate than conventional pitcher. The velocity will go down with age and he’s already 37. Here’s a good graph that indicates how well Dickey varies his speed when he’s ahead in the count.

In the last two years, Dickey has only lost 1.7 MPH on average for his sinker and fastball. At 37, that’s likely to see a decline every year. The more velocity he loses, the less effective he becomes. The outlier is that he’s seen a 0.9 MPH increase in his knuckleball this year. If he’s found a way to increase that velocity and can keep doing it, then he’s got a better shot at maintaining this. All the data can be found here in the dropdown charts.

I must say, this is the first year in a long time I didn’t do fantasy football or fantasy baseball. Haven’t missed it for a second.

i’ve got fantasy baseball teams this year and haven’t really paid any attention to them, haven’t missed it either.

I must say, this is the first year in a long time I didn’t do fantasy football or fantasy baseball. Haven’t missed it for a second.

How about Yardwork? Do you miss that? Because I miss Yardwork.

So this doesn’t answer the main question: Lisk – Do I sell high on him before he loses the knuckleball in the second half or do I ride it out for the rest of the season?

I must say, this is the first year in a long time I didn’t do fantasy football or fantasy baseball. Haven’t missed it for a second.

I went online and couldn’t find anything on that, but it did say Candiotti is in the International Bowling Hall of Fame. Good job Candy.

Born in 1974, with two daughters and two sons, and a late career surge after a change in direction.

This is the first time this has ever happened. Ever. The two daughters and two sons part really blows my mind. That’s absurd.

Lisk is talking about himself, no? (Well, and Dickey too, obviously).

Dan Haren has about 8 first half season cy young awards.

they are even more grand and shiny than Rex Ryan’s preseason super bowl trophies.

no, but it’s a bit early to be crowning this guy as the NL cy young winner

Dan Haren has about 8 first half season cy young awards.

I wonder how personal catchers know how to handle them

Wait til it stops rolling and pick it up

/Uecker

I don’t think anyone is saying he’ll never give up runs again.

no, i’m just skeptical of any player that comes out of the blue like this keeping sustained success when they’ve never done it before. good for him, but if his knuckler isn’t there for a couple starts he’s an extremely ordinary pitcher.

no, but it’s a bit early to be crowning this guy as the NL cy young winner

Born in 1974, with two daughters and two sons, and a late career surge after a change in direction.

This is the first time this has ever happened. Ever. The two daughters and two sons part really blows my mind. That’s absurd.

Leyland fucked up in 1991, he should have adjusted his rotation to have Wakefield pitch in ATL instead of in PIT.

For catching, you have to stay back and avoid the temptation to smother the ball. The late action causes many catchers to get caught up on it and quit moving. You are going to get hit in your equipment moreso and there will be some passed balls, dropped third strikes etc.

The main thing is you hit more by foul tips and shit, IMO.

I was so scared every pitch because i had no clue where the fucking thing was going.

that was my career as a catcher in little league, no one on my team could pitch and we didn’t have a catchers mitt. wild pitches all over the place.