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  Nathan Beard has always had the dream of being a knuckleball pitcher.   As a youth growing up in Staples, MN, Beard began working on his knuckleball at a young age.   By the time he reached the high school varsity in the spring of 2004, Beard was looking for a place in the starting rotation.   But two things stood in his way of achieving his dream.   In 2004, Staples hired Pat Held, who had many years of high school and junior college coaching experience, as their head coach.   Held, who was set in many of  his coaching philosophies, let Beard know early and often that a knuckleball pitcher had no place on his pitching staff.   It didn’t help the reputation of the knuckleball when New York Yankees 3B Aaron Boone hit a walk-off home run off Bo ...

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