BOSTON -- One untimely spell of rain and snow in Cleveland last week spoiled what would have the rarest of matchups in Toronto a couple of days later. Two knuckleballers -- the only two in the Major Leagues -- were set to pitch against each other.
Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey, who knuckled his way to a National League Cy Young Award with the Mets in 2012, would have faced late-blooming Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright. The last time two knuckleballers started in the same game was Sept. 15, 2000, when Tim Wakefield (Boston) faced Steve Sparks (Detroit) at Tiger Stadium.