Clip Of The Day: Lance Niekro Is Not Quite “There” Yet

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Clip Of The Day: Lance Niekro Is Not Quite “There” Yet
Deadspin found this 8/21/2007 on sayhey.wordpress.com [flag]
Most of you may remember Lance Niekro from his failed attempts to seize the elusive first base job from the likes of JT Snow and Pedro Feliz. Well, he’s now in AAA ball at Fresno, but has been working on some new tricks. With the help of his uncle, he’s been working on his knuckleball, hoping to make it as a pitcher (pretty much just the opposite of Rick Ankiel’s ... [link]

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Blogdome: That Knucklin' Neikro
Published 8/21/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... • Lance Niekro and his amazing brand new knuckleball. (With video!) [Say Hey] ...

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Published 8/21/2007 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... Lance Niekro, the Giants’ first baseman turned knuckleballer, isn’t looking that good so far (Say Hey: A Bay Area Sports Blog). Also from that same blog — notice how ...

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