Knuckleball!

The film sets up the 2011 season by showing how the knuckleball saved both pitchers from obscurity.<ref name=TAotF/> Dickey moved his family 37 times before landing with the New York Mets.<ref name=KFR></ref> The film presents Wakefield's chase of his 200th win as a member of the 2011 Boston Red Sox season and Dickey’s make-it-or-break-it season with the 2011 New York Mets season.<ref name=Kdip/> It demonstrates the fraternal nature of knuckleball pitchers who trade tips of the trade via various meetings with the likes of Phil Niekro and Charlie Hough.<ref name=TAotF/><ref name=Kdip/> Dickey won the Cy Young Award in November 2012.