Follows the Boston Red Sox' Tim Wakefield and the New York Mets' R.A. Dickey - the only two major league pitchers who use the unpredictable knuckleball - during the 2011 season.
Direction
Patient, intimate access that lets pitchers' personalities shine through.
Editing
Smart intercutting between Wakefield's farewell and Dickey's breakthrough year.
Writing
Narrative structure that makes a floating baseball feel genuinely suspenseful.
Director
Anne Sundberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
R.A. Dickey's memoir 'Wherever I Wind Up' revealed he was born without a UCL, the ligament every other pitcher fears tearing. The knuckleball was literally his only path to the majors.
The film captures the final days of Wakefield's 19-year Red Sox career and Dickey's shocking rise—bookending an era where the knuckleball went from baseball punchline to legitimate weapon. Only one knuckleballer has pitched in MLB since 2017.
US
