Editor’s note: We’ve updated this post to add another nominee for “Best Knuckleball in Fastpitch””
Blair Setford says: “Sean Cleary”
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Editor’s nominees: Sabate and Terkelson of the AWP Lumberjacks
Who has the best knuckleball in fastpitch? I’ll start, and nominate two members of the AWP Lumberjacks, Sisko Sabate and Valdy Terkelson. Though both spend more time as position players, and good ones at that, both are capable pitchers with great knuckleballs. I got an up-close-and-personal look from behind home plate at the recent USA Softball Winter Classic in Fort Myers, Florida, and both tossed knucklers with lots of movement. They weren’t throwing the knuckler as waste pitches, but to record outs, and sometimes strikeouts. Who else has mastered the dark art? Feel free to add your nominee for the best knuckleball in fastpitch in the comments below, or on twitter (X).
Sean Cleary