[TN4Liberty]

I forget who gave the advice on the best way to catch a knuckleball, "Wait 'til it stops rolling and pick it up".

Wasn't that Bob Eucher? I believe he held the record as a catcher for most passed balls in a game while catching a knuckleballer. (If somebody says I am wrong, believe them... I'm not much of a triva guy).

[BluesDuke]

The comment about waiting until it stops rolling does sound like something Bob Uecker would say. He may have the single-game passed ball record but then he may not - as I said earlier, it was his ability to handle the knuckleball that kept him in the majors as long as he stayed in the majors. I'm trying to find who does hold the single-game record, but I won't be surprised - considering the single-season record the poor schnook set trying to handle Hoyt Wilhelm with the 1959 Orioles - if it, too, turns out to be Gus Triandos.

Heard a story that Johnny Romano, freshly acquired by the Chicago White Sox (from the Cleveland Indians, in exchange for Rocky Colavito, who had come up earlier with the Tribe but was dealt away in only the most dumb of Frank Lane's numerous illogical trades), got one gander at Eddie Fisher's knuckler and came out behind the plate with a fruit basket to catch them during spring training for a laugh. Have no idea if this is true but it is a cute story...