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R.A. Dickey

TORONTO, CANADA - MAY 14: Hunter Pence #8 of the San Francisco Giants gets out of the way of an inside pitch during MLB game action as Henry Blanco #22 cannot handle a knuckleball from R.A. Dickey #43 of the Toronto Blue Jays on May 14, 2013 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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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 »

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About R.A. Dickey

Robert Alan "R. A." Dickey (born October 29, 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. He was previously with the Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers organizations. Prior to that, Dickey was with the Texas Rangers organization without interruption since being drafted in 1996. In the majors, Dickey has had limited success as a starting pitcher, and has since made the transition to becoming a knuckleball pitcher.

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