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Agree:  there's no way this is the first time the pitch has been thrown.  It's just the first time I've noticed it.  :- )
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The 'knuckle curve' is just a standard 12-6 curve thrown with the index finger off the ball, and a karate-chop motion that gives forward spin.  It breaks gloveside a little bit, and down.
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Screwballs do break armside, but I don't remember any that dive down relative to vacuum -- that is, with forward spin on them.
But yeah.  I'm guessing that the best screwballs in ML history, such as Fernando's, probably moved about like Delabar's "High School Gyroball" moves.  Am not trying to hype Delabar.  Am just describing the F/X situation.
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Sandy is documented to have thrown a standard (though awesome) 12-6 curve -- breaks gloveside a bit, and down.
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Did anybody check out the GameDay animation from Sept. 11 or 14?  ... you can rotate the camera perspective to see the trajectory of Delabar's "High School Gyroball."