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"Ex-QBs compete to be "The Next Knuckler""


          

I've got nothing here.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

A bunch of ex quarterbacks to compete for a job as a knuckleball pitcher with the Diamondbacks
Craig Calcaterra Feb 6, 2013, 11:00 AM EST
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This is fun and rather random: MLB Network is debuting a new series next week called “The Next Knuckler.” The concept: several former college (and pro) quarterbacks are going to learn to throw a knuckleball under the instruction of Tim Wakefield. The best knuckleballer at the end of the series will get an invite to Arizona Diamondbacks’ spring training. The quarterbacks: John David Booty, Josh Booty, Doug Flutie, David Greene and Ryan Perrilloux.

Don’t count out the old man in this one. I met Flutie last summer and learned that he plays in a pretty hardcore over-30 baseball league. And it turns out that he’s actually really good. It would not shock me at all if he made it.

As for what “making it” means. I assume it’s a Garth Brooks-taking-BP-with-the-Padres-level invitation. Meaning a cameo at Dbacks camp and nothing more.

It’d be far more interesting if they did it at Astros camp. Dudes may actually have a shot at making the team.

The show debuts on Wednesday, February 13th at 9PM.

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Law Firm of Booty, Booty and Flutie. (I got nothing)
Feb 06th 2013
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FOR A PROSPECT WITH A BAD BACK/KNEE!!!!!!!!
Feb 06th 2013
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      Hey, c'mon, catchers with bad knees always work out.
Feb 06th 2013
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      Well, hey, Cyclones games will be nice this year.
Feb 06th 2013
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      he's got a bad back/knee? I musta missed that part
Feb 06th 2013
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           he hasn't finished a professional season yet
Feb 06th 2013
11
damn ryan perriloux life went downhill as fuck.
Feb 06th 2013
3
when folks were calling him the next vince young
Feb 06th 2013
5
is this a joke?
Feb 06th 2013
12
      that happens pretty frequently for practice squad players
Feb 06th 2013
14
      damn i never knew...that's gotta be nerve racking
Feb 06th 2013
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           SI did a good piece on practice squad players a while back *link*
Feb 06th 2013
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      fuck. you know he looks back like "i fucked up. hard."
Feb 06th 2013
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I had such high hopes for Ryan Perrilloux's football career
Feb 06th 2013
4
The Brothers Booty.
Feb 06th 2013
6
I've been told they prefer 'Booty Bros' actually
Feb 06th 2013
19
Isn't this a halfway ripoff of that Indian game show?
Feb 06th 2013
9
That didn't end up too well
Feb 06th 2013
13
      The australian league is just a winter league, he's still w/ the Pirates...
Feb 06th 2013
16
What a slap in the face to RA
Feb 06th 2013
20

Jayson Willyams
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1. "Law Firm of Booty, Booty and Flutie. (I got nothing)"
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I'm still mourning R.A., I don't have room in my life for a new knuckler.

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2. "FOR A PROSPECT WITH A BAD BACK/KNEE!!!!!!!!"
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!!

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Jayson Willyams
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7. "Hey, c'mon, catchers with bad knees always work out."
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magilla vanilla
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8. "Well, hey, Cyclones games will be nice this year."
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10. "he's got a bad back/knee? I musta missed that part"
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*Jews you*

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magilla vanilla
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11. "he hasn't finished a professional season yet"
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he's twice been cut down by bulging disks, and last season suffered a PCL tear.

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3. "damn ryan perriloux life went downhill as fuck."
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5. "when folks were calling him the next vince young"
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this probably isn't what they had in mind.

for either of them.

i still blame hip-hop.

  

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12. "is this a joke?"
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On September 3, 2011, he was cut from the Giants' roster. He was re-signed the same day to the practice squad. He was released from the practice squad on September 17, and was re-signed again on September 23. Perrilloux was waived again on September 28. He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 8, but released again on October 12, only to be re-signed again on October 17. He was released from the practice squad again on November 2, 2011 and signed to the practice squad again on November 11, 2011 before being released once again on November 26, 2011. He was resigned during the 2012 offseason and was benched after being faulted for a preseason loss against Jacksonville Jaguars 32-31.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Perrilloux

  

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14. "that happens pretty frequently for practice squad players"
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*Jews you*

"this is okp tho, reading is completely optional" (c) desus

Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

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15. "damn i never knew...that's gotta be nerve racking"
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18. "SI did a good piece on practice squad players a while back *link*"
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1108247/index.htm

*Jews you*

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17. "fuck. you know he looks back like "i fucked up. hard.""
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4. "I had such high hopes for Ryan Perrilloux's football career"
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6. "The Brothers Booty."
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19. "I've been told they prefer 'Booty Bros' actually"
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9. "Isn't this a halfway ripoff of that Indian game show? "
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except instead of learning a knuckler, it was literally a fastball contest.

*Jews you*

"this is okp tho, reading is completely optional" (c) desus

Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

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13. "That didn't end up too well"
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One of those dudes is a part time school teacher in India, another is playing in something called the Australian Baseball League i

  

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16. "The australian league is just a winter league, he's still w/ the Pirates..."
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http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=573653

He went 3-1 with a 3.00 ERA in A ball last year.

*Jews you*

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20. "What a slap in the face to RA"
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