The knuckleball has only been perfected and use proficiently by a few people. Three names come to mind when thinking of the knuckleball – R.A. Dickey, a former Cy Young winner, Tim Wakefield and now the ‘Knuckleball Princess’.
Chelsea Baker, 17, is a high school baseball pitcher win a nasty knuckleball. She is also known among her friends as the Knuckleball Princess.
17-year-old knuckleballer Chelsea Baker threw BP to the Rays yesterday: http://t.co/Qjxf2FU3A3 pic.twitter.com/yh2dri2jBB
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She learned how to perfect the knuckleball from Phil Niekro, a hall-of-fame knuckleballer, via USAToday. She has already thrown a couple perfect games in little league due to her unique skill set.
On Monday however she was facing a much higher level of competition than little league when she took on the Tampa Bay Rays during batting practice. Notable players such as Evan Longoria and David Price were in attendance. She made a few players fan at the ball and she even hit Longoria with a pitch at one point according to Yahoo.