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Knuckleball Catcher

This is a live performace of the Gillian Welch song “Knuckleball Catcher.”  Not only does this song combine two things I love-baseball and music, the song is gorgeous.  For those who do not know, Welch and David Rawlings went to Berklee in Boston.  Welch is a baseball fan and was inspired to write this song by than Red Sox cather Doug Mirabelli.  Mirablelli’s only job was to catch knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield.  Usually, he was removed from a game as soon as Wakefield was no longer pitching.  Thus, the “knuckleball catcher had only one job to do.”

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