If You Want Your Daughter to Play College Baseball: Teach her the Knuckleball

This Little Leaguer from Florida Pitched 2 Perfect Games with a fastball, a curve and a knuckleball.

She learned her knuckleball from former major-leaguer Joe Niekro, a Plant City resident who died in 2006. Her pitches have done more than make many children whiff at the plate; they have drawn attention to Baker on a national scale.

If she can get a knuckler to dance she will have a relief spot at many colleges. I think more girls should learn the knuckleball just to keep the tradition going and to keep them playing with the boys past Little League. Perhaps this would be a good idea for Tim Wakefield to do after he finally retires. The Tim Wakefield Knuckleball Academy sounds like a great way to teach kids and supplement the giant catchers mitt industry.