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I would love to know when was the last time a pitcher was this dominant in back to back starts.

Johnny Vander Meer had back to back no hitters in 1938.


It's amazing to see a pitcher like Dickey finally get it at the age of 37.

Despite being a Yankee fan, I'm also a big RA Dickey fan. Just a terrific player, person and story.

PS: When does he become a FA?

moocow007 wrote:Despite being a Yankee fan, I'm also a big RA Dickey fan. Just a terrific player, person and story.

PS: When does he become a FA?

Mets have a 2013 team option and he is a free agent going forward.

It always shocked me why more young kids don't learn to thrown the knuckle ball.

taking over for timmy wakefield

suck my dickey

only a matter of time before hes a yankee

Yankees headed to 10 in a row.

This guy is unreal

Absolutely unreal

What a beast. LMAO @ the mid-80s fastball with 70-80 mph Knuckleball. Game **** over.

I love RA Dickey. Awesome having a Knuckleballer from Tennessee playing for the NY Mets.

ibraheim718 wrote:It always shocked me why more young kids don't learn to thrown the knuckle ball.

I think it is just so hard to throw. And many other variables.

I read a lot about the knuckleball. One knuckleballer said that lot of scouts use radar gun readings to discover talent. Knuckleball does not look that good on radar guns. Many pitchers believe they have to throw some high heat to get their name out their.

Hopefully RA Dickey can encourage young pitchers to go the Knuckleball route. If a pro pitcher can get it down consistently, they are a one of a kind. Otherwise, pitching the minors is the ceiling like the Niekro son.

First pitcher since Dave Steib in 1988 to throw back to back 1 hitters.


First pitcher since 1900 to throw back to back one hitters with 10 plus K's.

TMU wrote:What a beast. LMAO @ the mid-80s fastball with 70-80 mph Knuckleball. Game **** over.

he throws that knuckler mid 50s sometimes as well.. this guy has like 900 variations of it, its incredible

Shpati21 wrote:I love RA Dickey. Awesome having a Knuckleballer from Tennessee playing for the NY Mets.

ibraheim718 wrote:It always shocked me why more young kids don't learn to thrown the knuckle ball.

I think it is just so hard to throw. And many other variables.

I read a lot about the knuckleball. One knuckleballer said that lot of scouts use radar gun readings to discover talent. Knuckleball does not look that good on radar guns. Many pitchers believe they have to throw some high heat to get their name out their.

Hopefully RA Dickey can encourage young pitchers to go the Knuckleball route. If a pro pitcher can get it down consistently, they are a one of a kind. Otherwise, pitching the minors is the ceiling like the Niekro son.

This, and it isn't like Dickey came out of HS/College a knuckleballer, he was a flamethrower but it was discovered after he was drafted (in the first round iirc) that he was missing his ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm and his bonus went from millions to thousands.. he then struggled throughout the minors with some small stints in the majors, velocity went from mid/upper 90s to what it is now, so he told himself he had to refine his knuckler to have a shot.. read up on it, his story is crazy

Even though he is 38, Knuckleball pitchers last longer.

he has a 5 to 1 K:BB ratio

thats ridiculous for a knuckleballer