Steven Wright seems to be afflicted with the tribulations of Job. Well, nobody has it tougher than Job did. But Wright keeps getting knocked out of play just as he is getting in gear. It wasn’t easy for him to get into the MLB to begin with. Patience, persistence and the knuckleball enabled him to […]
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Remembering the Knuckleball in 2018 and 1959
At overthemonster.com, Matt Collins reflects on Steven Wright’s 2018, a rough year for the knuckleball pitcher. Wright was late starting the season and then twice got knocked out of play when a knee injury from the previous year flared up. But there was “some solid pitching in between” the gaps. On the field, Steven Wright […]
Boston Red Sox Enjoy 3-1 Lead Over Los Angeles Dodgers In World Series; UPDATE: Make It 4-1, the Sox Have Won the World Series
On Saturday, October 27, the Boston Red Sox erased a “four-run deficit to win Game 4” of the World Series. Things had looked pretty bad after the sixth inning, with the Dodgers leading 4-0. “One night after playing 18 innings in Game 3,” write Mike Axisa and R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports, “the Red Sox […]
New Knee Trouble for Knuckleball Pitcher Wright as Sox Battle Yankees; PLUS: Remembering Wilbur Wood, Eddie Fisher
His left knee is once again afflicting ace Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright, and it will keep him off the mound for now. He had knee surgery last year. On October 6, Bill Koch of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette (“Knee pain re-emergence ends knuckleballer Steven Wright’s season”) reported: Alex Cora was confronted with some […]
As Red Sox Advance, Sox Manager Cora Ponders How Best to Use Knuckleball Pitcher Steven Wright
“One of the goals for Red Sox manager Alex Cora this coming week will be to bring Steven Wright out of the bullpen with runners on base to see how he responds,” reports Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe. Cora (pictured with Wright) wants to try it before October. The knuckleballer has thrown 10 scoreless […]
In Scoreless Ninth, Sox Knuckleball Pitcher Steven Wright Picks Up Save Against Mets
A Rotoworld item notes Steven Wright’s performance in the Sox’s September 16 game against the New York Mets. The knuckleball pitcher pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up a save against the Mets on Sunday. Wright walked one and struck out one… Wright was able to get his work in and also pick up […]
Knuckleball Pitcher Steven Wright Is Back In Play
Several days ago we were seeing reports that good news was coming for knuckleballer Steven Wright, who had been away from the mound for several weeks because of trouble with his knee. Red Sox right-hander Steven Wright is expected to come off the disabled list and join the team Saturday, manager Alex Cora said…. “Steven […]
Steven Wright, Again on Disabled List, May Rebound Soon; PLUS: The Jannis Trajectory; and a Position Player Wins While Trying Out His Knuckleball
Not long after our last post about the knuckleballer, Steven Wright of the Boston Red Sox was placed on the ten-day disabled list, for the second time this season. The problem was inflammation of his left knee. Wright had been knocked out of play for most of the 2017 season by knee trouble, which required […]
In Third Start, Knuckleball Pitcher Wright’s String of No-Run Innings Is Broken
We’d been hoping that Steven Wright’s recent streak of allowing no runs would last a few hundred more innings or so. On Saturday, though, he did allow a single run. Since the pitchers on the Seattle Mariners—especially Wade LeBlanc—didn’t allow any, the result was a 1-0 loss for the Sox. (A day later the Sox […]
Sox Knuckleball Pitcher Steven Wright Is Back as a Starter, for Now; PLUS: Famed 45-year-old Knucklers
Comeback Kid Steven Wright, once again excelling as a knuckleball pitcher after a year away from baseball, will be serving as a starting pitcher at least for the moment. (See our last post, “Though Starting as a Reliever, Steven Wright May End as a Starter.”) WEEI’s Rob Bradford reports that Wright is getting a chance […]