Out Loud: R. A. Dickey, Knuckleballs, and Baseball Writing: The New Yorker This week in the magazine, Ben McGrath profiles the knuckleball pitcher R. A. Dickey. Here, Amy Davidson talks with McGrath and Roger Angell about the strange charms of the knuckleball (and knuckleball pitchers), and how they approach writing about baseball. Also, Ariel Levy on half-wild house cats.