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R.A. Dickey, the Mets' brainy knuckleballer, majored in

Photo credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke | R.A. Dickey, the Mets' brainy knuckleballer, majored in English lit and has a book on the best-seller list. (June 2, 2012)

R.A. Dickey, the Mets' brainy knuckleballer, was yanked in the ninth inning after a walk and a double ended his bid for a shutout against the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier this season. Before leaving the mound at Citi Field, Dickey, who majored in English lit and has a book on the best-seller list, lost academic detachment for a moment and flung the rosin bag to his feet with what a man of words...

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