Tim Wakefield worked his magic with Steven Wright:

After watching Wright warm up Monday, Wakefield suggested he move a little to the first base side of the rubber. That would line up his arm with the middle of the plate. Wakefield also had Wright lead more with his front foot to maintain better balance.

“Those two small adjustments I felt made a huge impact on my feel for the pitch and I was able to keep it in the strike zone,” Wright said.

I’m not sure Tim could be a conventional pitching coach. He could, however, be the Johnny Appleseed of the knuckleball. How about MLB paying Tim to travel the country, giving clinics on how to throw the pitch? Or maybe running a camp for young pitchers who want to learn the floater. Good knuckleball pitchers can be quite effective, and their longevity means stability in the rotation or the bullpen for a team. Wakefield strikes me as the kind of person who could pull this off, and in ten years we might see someone throwing the pitch on every team.