R.A. Dickey's Bats deserve their own thread

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Roy Hobbs

You can't take Las Vegas stats at face value either, warm air, hitters park. It's one of the reasons the Jays changed their AAA affiliate this year.

For example, Yan Gomes hit .328 13 HR 59 RBI79 games in LV last year. It doesn't mean a lot.

By the same token, d'Arnaud was injured during the final week of June, before July and August when the ball must really fly out of the park. And even though he played less than half of his team's games, he still finished in second on his team in HRs.

[Linus]

Oh, and I believe that Shoppach is a free agent.

[Pseudolus]

Amazing Dickey knuckleball .gif from here: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/201...-gif-ra-dickey

[LifeAct]

Originally Posted by Pseudolus

Amazing Dickey knuckleball .gif from here:

That looks like Mike Nickeas catching and you can see him close his eyes.

[Pseudolus]

a) Wouldn't you?

2) Hey, he caught it - don't argue with success!

[SirVLCIV]

Originally Posted by Pseudolus

Amazing Dickey knuckleball .gif from here: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/201...-gif-ra-dickey

It's like a 78 mile an hour wiffle ball. Holy.

[LifeAct]

Originally Posted by Pseudolus

a) Wouldn't you?

2) Hey, he caught it - don't argue with success!

I'm not sure what I would have done, but I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't catch the ball.

[Pseudolus]

I'd probably employ the Uecker method.

[Linus]

Dickey gets a onesie for Christmas: