R.A. Dickey on 60 Minutes on Sunday night

[rarefind]

Just a heads up, came across a press release a couple days ago at work.

The Score has posted a preview from CBS news.

http://blogs.thescore.com/djf/2013/04/12/preview-of-r-a-dickey-on-60-minutes/

Should be a pretty good segment, will be that much better if he has a good outing tomorrow.

Show will air at 7pm relative to CBS sports coverage on CHCH/CBS.

[Mohanad]

Thanks for the tip, love that show. They make any story interesting. I recommend the one on Brian Banks.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50143485n

Has Brian Banks' dream of an NFL career been delayed or even destroyed by a false charge of rape and 5 years in prison? James Brown reports.

[Mohanad]

Dickeys got to win this next one against the Royals ace Shields.

[J-Roc]

Anyone watch? Interesting. Typical sports fluff piece, but a little rushed with all he has to talk about. They weren't able to fit in his improved start from yesterday though. And his Blue Jay hat with the big maple leaf was front and center.

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[Mohanad]

That was great, not a "fluff piece" at all. Dickey has gone through a lot of trauma and adversity in his life and for him to persevere is nothing short of amazing, it's such a great story. They covered it pretty well and you felt like it ended too quickly because you were enjoying it so much, I know I was! I will post it once CBS.COM does.

[Mohanad]

The video:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144818n

Extra footage:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162- ... ck-bottom/

"R.A.'s story is more than a story about baseball," 60 Minutes producer Rich Bonin told us. "It's a story about life." During R.A. Dickey's emotional 60 Minutes interview, the great knuckleball pitcher talked openly about the darkest moments of his life -- from the sexual abuse he suffered at age 8 to his depression and the extramarital affair that almost ended his marriage. In this week's 60 Minutes Overtime, you'll hear Dickey share something he's never discussed in public before: how close he came to ending his own life.

"I got in a car and attached a garden hose to the tail pipe, ran it into the driver-side window and rolled the garden hose up in the window and packed a towel around the garden hose, so the monoxide couldn't leak out. And I had my hand right on the car key. And I was a second away from starting it up."


Dickey decided not to turn the key, but it took a near-drowning incident a few months later for the ball player to truly begin rebuilding his life. In this video Dickey describes the moment his feet hit the bottom of the Missouri River during a failed attempt to swim the swift-moving currents, and how his faith is what lifted him to the surface.


"God brought me to the bottom literally and figuratively. And picked me back up and said, 'You're gonna do it different.'"

[J-Roc]

Thanks. The extra stuff sounds interesting. I knew the tv spot looked rushed. I'll check the website out later on.

[thebigv]

great stuff

[vctmac]

excellent story