I have to admit, as a life-long Met fan I haven't enjoyed watching a Met pitcher this much since Dwight Gooden's 1985 Cy Young season. To get a flavor of not just how dominating R.A. Dickey's season was but the things that he can do with the knuckleball, here's plenty of video going back to his consecutive one-hitters against Tampa Bay and Baltimore. A few things to notice:
- How many times the Mets catchers, Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas drop the ball and have to throw to first base to complete the strikeout
- The Darth Vader theme at the beginning of some of the videos (Dickey is a HUGE Star Wars fan and warms up to that music during home games.)
- The All-Stars that struck out on the knuckler over the course of the season (Bryce Harper, Andrew McCutchen, and Jimmy Rollins, to name a few.)
E N J O Y ! ! !
One-hitter against Tampa Bay:
One-hitter against Baltimore:
All-Star game appearance:
Bryce Harper strikes out three times in the same game:
20th win of the season:
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