Mets Close To Signing Knuckballer R.A. Dickey
by Sam Page on Dec 22, 2009 4:33 PM EST
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PrintThis rumor excites personally because Dickey went to my high school. I actually photocopied a funny picture of him painting a bird or something out of an old yearbook in case this happened. When I find it, I'll be sure to post it, but in the meantime, here's the only article I ever wrote for my school's newspaper, about R.A..
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Per Dickey in your newspaper article:
The majority of knuckleballers have most of their success from ages 32 to 40, and win most of their games
He’s now 35 years-old, AKA Dickey prime
by James Kannengieser on Dec 22, 2009 5:07 PM EST reply actions
How about Dick9?
Can’t confuse him with any other possible Dickies that might show up.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 22, 2009 6:22 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Wouldn't that be Dick1?
"I've been trying transcendental meditation, and that helps me be passive and wait on the curve. I've got to find something else to hit the slider." - George (The Stork) Theodore
True. I actually had a typo, anyway- that should have been 'Dick39', because 39's his number.
I forgot that those numbers by whoever that guy was weren’t arbitrary denotations, and were actually the players’ positions. Dick1 is better, I agree.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 22, 2009 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
And Dick Pole as pitching coach
You don't cheer for the Mets. You drink for the Mets.
by Kevin H on Dec 22, 2009 6:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Another addition to the irony list
A pitcher named Dickey who doesn’t throw…hard. This goes right in line after a manager named Manuel who automatically bunts when the leadoff man gets on.
"I've been trying transcendental meditation, and that helps me be passive and wait on the curve. I've got to find something else to hit the slider." - George (The Stork) Theodore
So.
He’s a soft-tossing Dickey, then?
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Dec 23, 2009 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
What the hell
Let’s add the Big Unit!
by pologroundling on Dec 22, 2009 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
thats interesting
i’d never heard about the whole non-existent ligament thing nor did i know that he’d ever been a flamethrower in college. weird.
Merry Christmas everybody!
From Fred and Omar to us. They really shouldn’t have. I’m just speechless.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Wow, I went on a complete longshot including him in my AAOP, and lo and behold!
Crossing fingers…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 22, 2009 5:38 PM EST reply actions
Love you sig.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Teams will cower when they see our Dickey.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
by The Glider on Dec 22, 2009 5:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
That's horrible
please, people, have some standard for these jokes
by Sam Page on Dec 22, 2009 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Agreed.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Dec 22, 2009 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry.
I put more thought into the next one, but there’s only so much one can do with the work “dickey.”
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Thank God! Finally the rotation is secured! Phew!
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Dec 22, 2009 6:09 PM EST reply actions
Ah, who is going to catch him? Molina or Blanco got experience with knuckleballers?
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Dec 22, 2009 6:09 PM EST reply actions
That's only because
he’s too slow to get out of the way of them.
by keepcoolbutcare on Dec 22, 2009 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
All he has to do is fall down
"I've been trying transcendental meditation, and that helps me be passive and wait on the curve. I've got to find something else to hit the slider." - George (The Stork) Theodore
I actually like this move,
but now Omar’s just messing with us. Seriously. I mean the man’s name is Dickey
Granderson, Lackey, Halladay, Lee, Figgins, Vasquez, Dickey
man, what an offseason!
I don't think we've ever had a knuckler before
I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time. Hopefully, he might even get some guys out.
"I've been trying transcendental meditation, and that helps me be passive and wait on the curve. I've got to find something else to hit the slider." - George (The Stork) Theodore
I decided to look this up
Bob Moorhead, a knuckleball pitcher, appeared in 47 games for the Mets in 1962 and 1965. I think he’s it, though (not counting Izzy’s knuckle-curve).
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Dec 22, 2009 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
Excellent work
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Did charlie hough ever pitch for us? I know he was our pitching coach and a knuckler.
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Dec 23, 2009 12:07 AM EST up reply actions
Nope, never did.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 23, 2009 12:33 AM EST up reply actions
Dennis Springer
He started 2 games in 2000 for the Mets. WHIP: 2.206.
by pologroundling on Dec 22, 2009 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
Wow I totally forgot about him.
But now that you mention it, I was at the double-header where he had his first outing for the Mets. I remember Derek Bell was on that ridiculous hot streak to start the season and he was tossing balls into the stands and talking with the fans all game. This was about two weeks before I hopped on a plane and flew to England to start my brief bartending career with Young’s Pubs.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Dec 22, 2009 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
Derek Bell probably threw the knuckler in his relief appearance.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 22, 2009 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
He threw the eephus pitch.
That game stands out in my mind, for some reason. Oh, yeah, because a position player came in and threw a 47-mph eephus. That’ll do it.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Dec 22, 2009 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Well, we know who to call when we need a mid-season reliever. If he isn't in jail or anything...
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 22, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
He's probably still living in that houseboat right near the stadium
by James Kannengieser on Dec 22, 2009 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing gives you freedom like a houseboat does.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 22, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
I was at his 2nd and, thankfully, final outing
Classic cold, rainy April night. It was about 40 degrees and my friends and I were shut out of Pepsi Night in the Picnic Area. Sat in the upper deck to watch Dmitri Young have a career night and the Mets do zilch against Denny Neagle. Maybe the worst baseball game I’ve ever attended, all around.
by James Kannengieser on Dec 22, 2009 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Todd Zeile was a useful knuckleballer if I remember rightly.
By useful I mean for the opposition.
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Dec 23, 2009 12:08 AM EST up reply actions
I just hope Dickey doesn't blow any games
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
by The Glider on Dec 22, 2009 10:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Haha, rec'd
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Dec 23, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Good thing he isn't a wide receiver
“Dickey now in the slot”
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Dec 23, 2009 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Or a running back.
“And the Jets have been pounding the hole all day with Dickey, to great success.”
by BobbyV_Incognito on Dec 24, 2009 3:25 AM EST up reply actions
Dude's first two initials is same as my overall initials
Of course I’m excited!
Beer is good! And stuff!
now that's a one two punch
Santana and Dickey. How are teams going to match up with that in the playoffs which the met will now certainly be attending? it’s almost unfair. this team is so good, i’m almost embarrassed to be a mets fan.
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
I think it's fairly obvious that he'll be used out of the bullpen, Dickey.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 23, 2009 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
oh i assumed that
he was a #2 starter. You know, the one the Mets need, Dickey.
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
by itsmetsforme on Dec 23, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
He'll fit in with the rest of the Mets organization
Because Dickey likes that sticky icky
by James Kannengieser on Dec 23, 2009 9:20 AM EST reply actions
Maybe they signed him as a pinch hitter.....
It appears he’s a career .400 hitter, and doesn’t strikeout! Gotta be an improvement on Jeremy Reed!
Nah...We signed those two dutch honkballers for that.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 23, 2009 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
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