R.A. Dickey

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• Ackley hits grand slam, Mariners top Blue Jays 8-1

  his first career grand slam, Michael Saunders homered twice and the Seattle Mariners roughed up Cy Young knuckleballer R.A. Dickey , beating the struggling Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Saturday afternoon.Seattle's offensive outburst was welcomed by right-hander   Read more »

• So far, 2013 has been a pain in the neck to R.A. Dickey

  take too much more time. The team that many had predicted to win the AL East now sits at 9-17, second-worst in the American League .Of his team's need to turn things around, Dickey said: "You can't win eight games on one night. You just have to win one."   Read more »

• Travis d'Arnaud won't require surgery

  d'Arnaud will not require foot surgery qualifies as "better." D'Arnaud, the highly regarded catching prospect obtained in the R.A. Dickey trade with Toronto , fractured a bone in his left foot during a minor-league game Wednesday."He's in a boot," Collins   Read more »

• Dickey leaves with soreness as Jays beat White Sox

  The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, walked one, struck out a season-high seven and lowered his ERA from 5.82 to 4.30.Dickey retired the first 11 White Sox batters before Alex Rios hit a two-out single to center in the fourth. Rios went to second on a wild   Read more »

• Travis d'Arnaud in walking boot after fouling pitch off foot

  d'Arnaud, the top prize acquired when the Mets traded away R.A. Dickey , is headed back to New York to be examined by team doctors after suffering a non-displaced fracture in the first metatarsal in his left foot.The 24-year-old catcher suffered the injury   Read more »

Around the web

• Little mistakes help Yankees crush Jays again

  in head-to-head matchups, the Blue Jays are incrementally ceding control over their own fate. After Sunday’s series finale, when R.A. Dickey takes on CC Sabathia, the Blue Jays will have only nine games left against the Yankees, none until Aug. 20-22 in New 5/18/13 from Sportsnet.ca Read more »

• The Bullpen: Mother's Day a time to reflect for R.A. Dickey

  first hugged their own mother again. “I don’t know if that was the moment for me, if it made me thankful that I took them,” Dickey said. “But there was a moment when one of my daughters turned to me just out of the blue, unprompted, and said ‘Thank you’. It   from Toronto Star Blogs Read more »

• Surging Blue Jays face tough test against Yankees

  the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Thanks to a few offseason deals that landed them reigning NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, as well as Jose Reyes, Melky Cabrera, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle, Toronto was expected to compete. However, the new acquisitions   from Edmonton Journal Read more »

• Jordany Valdespin: Worse than everyone ever, apparently

  that had come to define them in previous seasons. A respectable first half and franchise milestones—Johan Santana's no hitter, R.A. Dickey's Cy Young campaign—generated some genuine goodwill from fans and press alike in what was an otherwise forgettable season.   from Amazin' Avenue Read more »

• O's minor leaguers Clark, Gamboa hope knuckleball lands them in big leagues

  abruptly began talking about reigning National League Cy Young Award winner and current Toronto Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey, who turned his career around after transitioning into a knuckleball pitcher. "He starts telling me about how [Dickey] doesn't have   from Baltimore Sun Read more »