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Watch: Wright's knuckleball keeps defying gravity

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The ball hardly made a full rotation.

As it stands, Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright is the best pitcher in the American League, and he doesn't do it because of his blazing fastball or sharp breaking ball.

Instead, he flips in the knuckler that seems to dance in different directions on its way to the plate, like this one.

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