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Buckley: Steven Wright’s knuckleball is worth witnessing — from a seat either at home or at Fenway Park

FORT MYERS — This will not go over well with the Red Sox ticket office, but I am here today to tell you to stay away from Fenway Park this season when Steven Wright is on the mound.

Consider it a public service. You’ll thank me at the end of the season.

Here’s the deal: Steven Wright is a knuckleball pitcher, and a good one. Until he jammed his shoulder in a baserunning mishap at Dodger Stadium last August, Wright was one of the top pitchers in the Red Sox rotation. He was 13-5 with a 3.