 Orioles catchers had difficulty catching the Wilhelm knuckleball again in 1959 and they set an MLB record with 49 passed balls . During one April game , catcher Gus Triandos had four passed balls while catching for Wilhelm and he described the game as " the roughest day I ever put in during my life . " Author Bill James has written that Wilhelm and Triandos " established the principle that a knuckleball pitcher and a big , slow catcher make an awful combination . " Triandos once said , " Heaven is a place where no one throws a knuckleball . " 
 Orioles catchers had difficulty catching the Wilhelm knuckleball again in 1959 and they set an MLB record with 49 passed balls . During one April game , catcher Gus Triandos had four passed balls while catching for Wilhelm and he described the game as " the roughest day I ever put in during my life . " Author Bill James <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>has</mark></a> written that Wilhelm and Triandos " established the principle that a knuckleball pitcher and a big , slow catcher make an awful combination . " Triandos once said , " Heaven is a place where no one <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>throws</mark></a> a knuckleball . " 
Orioles catchers had difficulty catchin the Wilhelm knuckleball again in 1959 and they set an MLB record with 49 passed balls . durin one April game , catcher Gus Triandos had four passed balls while ccatchinfor Wilhelm and he described the game as " da roughest day I ever put in ddurinmy life . " Author Bill James done written that Wilhelm and Triandos " established the principle dat a knuckleball pitcher and a big , slow catcher make an awful combination . " Triandos once said , " Heaven is a place where no1 throw a knuckleball . "