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R.A. Dickey pitches to David Letterman

Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey, left, joins host David

Photo credit: AP Photo/CBS, John Paul Filo

R.A. Dickey lets the rest of us in on his knuckleball secrets and tosses some fluttering, rotation-less baseballs David Letterman's way on Wednesday's edition of the Late Show.

Aside from a demonstration, Dickey talked about his experience in the All-Star game.

"Yeah, I threw a good knuckleball for a strike and then kind of a mediocre knuckleball that – it went right back up the...

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