"Well, in your case then, you can use a
knuckler to rest your arm.
Then a Hough
knuckler got away from catcher Scott for a passed ball.
"McGuireisms" such as "tap city," "white
knuckler" and "aircraft carrier" became part of the sport's vocabulary.
The Bruins, after going scoreless on their first five power plays, finally tied it up when Bergeron deflected defenseman Dougie Hamilton's long
knuckler past backup goalie Peter Budaj.
Familiar with Gene's
knuckler, he knew that it broke low, veering outside the strike zone.
It was an accident, just like the
knuckler from Toronto's R.A.
Then the catcher nodded, plopped his mitt face up on the dirt, and I watched as the lanky Negro fire-bailer uncoiled his long arm and released a dancing
knuckler that floated shoulder high before it darted to the left and then fell off an invisible table into the catcher's glove.
"It was kind of a
knuckler," Ginn said of the shot.
Still, in the style of former Red Sox star Tim Wakefield, Richard's
knuckler has helped the team to several city championships, including last year when the Ale House won 17 of 18 games.
Wakefield threw one last
knuckler to Mirabelli to close the festivities.