R.A. Dickey, New York Mets starting pitching.
Another day, another shutout. It wasn’t long ago that I said we ran out of superlatives for Dickey and now others are beginning to realize the same thing.
He really has been amazing this year with a pitch that seemed more like a sideshow pitch than a real major league pitch. But as Phil Neikro said, Dickey throws the knuckleball like a butterfly on steroids. But it’s more like a hummingbird or something than a butterfly. Butterfly is what the others throw. I used to toy around with a hard knuckleball as a teen because I saw Candiotti and others throwing this soft pitch which was hard on the knuckles. But I was capable of throwing a ball 95 MPH so I tried to harden the pitch and it just never worked out.
Will Dickey bring back the knuckleball? Probably not. But he will get people talking. If he starts the All Star Game then he has a platform to show it off.
He gets lifted for pitch counts though I’m not sure he needs to be. A typical knu...
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Seriously. R.A. Dickey is AWESOME!!!!
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R.A. Dickey bounced back from one of his worst starts of the year to lead the New York Mets over the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-0 on Friday night. Dickey tossed eight scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, with ten strike outs, en route to his MLB leading 12th victory and winning his career-best 10th decision in-a-row:
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R.A. Dickey Named NL Pitcher of the Month – Glad They Agreed With Us!
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July 02, 2012
R.A. Dickey has been named the National League’s Pitcher of the Month for June. No surprise here as we all knew how totally R.A.D. our knuckleballer has been this month!
You can read all about his awesomeness below…
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The MetsMerizedOnline Player of the Month for the month of June has shown he has a great impact on this team. This month, the Mets had a record...
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July 02, 2012
R.A. Dickey Named NL Pitcher of the Month
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July 02, 2012
The honors keep rolling in for New York Mets starter R.A. Dickey, who a day after being named to his first All-Star game was chosen as the National League pitcher of the month.
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July 02, 2012
Dickey Leading The Majors In Wins and Awesomeness
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June 30, 2012
DICKEY IN JUNE: R.A. Dickey went 5-0 with a 0.93 ERA (five earned runs/48.1 innings) in six June starts. Dickey allowed 21 hits, eight walks and had 55 strikeouts.
SHUTOUTS: The Mets posted their ninth shutout of the year last night. The Mets are third in the majors with nine shutouts, one behind the Angels and Giants, who have 10 shutouts.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB: R.A. Dickey became...
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June 30, 2012
R.A. Dickey Back to Baffling Hitters
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June 30, 2012
Before the seventh inning of last night’s game against the Dodgers, the only hit R.A. Dickey had allowed was a fly ball to left-center field that should have been caught by the centerfielder Andres Torres.
As legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully put it during the broadcast, “The Dodgers have been flailing away at R.A. Dickey. That’s the best word I can come...
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June 30, 2012
Dodgers have no answer for Mets' Dickey
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- R.A. Dickey allowed three hits over eight innings to become the major leagues' first 12-game winner, Daniel Murphy drove in five runs and the New York Mets sent the Los Angeles Dodgers to their season-worst sixth straight loss with an 9-0 victory Saturday night.
The Dodgers' only hit over the first 6 1-3 innings was by opposing pitcher Aaron Harang, a...
Tejada, Murphy, And Dickey All Amazin’ In 9-0 Victory
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June 30, 2012
It seems like the first two games in Chicago are just a blimp on the Mets memories these days as they continue to knock around the Dodgers. After a close game on Thursday, the Mets went back to one-sided ball games with an offensive explosion and another great start from R.A. Dickey.
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June 30, 2012
Mets 9, Dodgers 0
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June 30, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- R.A. Dickey needed little run support on Friday night but the New York Mets provided it anyway, drubbing the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-0 at Dodger Stadium for their third straight win. Dickey (12-1) pitched eight scoreless innings and allowed just three hits to become the first pitcher in the major leagues with 12 wins. Dickey walked one and struck out 10, the fifth...
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June 30, 2012
Mets Survive June
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R.A. Dickey is a big reason for the Mets holding things together in June.
While a lot of people waited for the June Swoon, and the Mets gave plenty of reason to expect it, it just didn’t happen. Even with the sweep, after a sweep, followed by a sweep then another sweep, they still managed to come out of June over .500. 15-13 isn’t lighting the world on fire or anything but it’s...
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July 01, 2012
Mets Business: Why in the world is no one showing up to games?
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July 03, 2012
The Mets are fun to watch. They’ve had some bad games, but they’ve had some great ones. They are a young team. They have heart. Their manager is fiery and gets the best out of his players. Their veterans are All-Stars and leaders. Dickey shocks the world. Santana changes HI57ORY. Wright breaks Mets records. The team is 3.5 games out of first place and half a game out of the wild...
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July 03, 2012
Major League Baseball Makes Dreams Come True for Fans at MLB Fan Cave
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July 03, 2012
Major League Baseball is looking to help people from all around America "do something extraordinary." MLB players like Justin Verlander and R.A. Dickey have been spending their time off hanging with fans at the MLB Fan Cave in New York City and offering their time and assistance to help fans achieve some of their wildest dreams. Verlander surprised one of his biggest fans...
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July 03, 2012
Lemon Harang For Everyone
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June 30, 2012
It's very rare that the outcome is proportional to the probable pitchers for that night. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I look at a matchup for a Mets game and think "sure win", and the Mets get clobbered. It happens the other way as well. Usually those pesky outside factors get in the way.But when I saw that Aaron "Lemon" Harang was pitching...
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June 30, 2012
Mets are ‘in it’ at the half way point…..so they got that going for them…which is nice
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July 03, 2012
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July 03, 2012
The New York Mets Have A Rotation You Can Believe In
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July 01, 2012
The New York Mets continue to have success on the field and as part of our free MLB picks (like Thursday night).
Can they continue those winning ways this weekend in Los Angeles, and beyond?
With three games already in the win column and being on the verge of a four-game sweep of the Dodgers in Los Angeles for the first time EVER, the answer is a resounding yes.
Coming into this...
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July 01, 2012
On All-Star arguments
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July 02, 2012
Sometimes, over at ESPN, I contribute to a thing called "Triple Play." Last night, I wrote three answers to questions about the All-Star Game, and today, along with the responses from Christina Kahrl and Logan Burdine, they published them. I bring this up entirely as a matter of self-promotion and as a demand that you go read everything I write.
Ok, no, actually, I bring...
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July 02, 2012
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