Dickey's Memoir

[metsmarathon]

i wish i could say that i'm shocked by that mindset. it's just unfathomable.

i don't care who you are, how old you are, what your gender or orientation is, or how good you look, and i certainly don't care about the identiy, age, gender, or appearance of the aggressor.

there is simply no point in your life when non-consensual sexual contact is not a deeply troubling, life-altering thing.

and if you can't see that when the victim is 8 and the aggressor is in a position of authority, be it only a teenage babysitter, you're fucking blind.

at no point does any victim of rape look back upon the incident and think, "dude, that was fucking awesome! i got me some fucking pussy!!"

fools.

[Edgy MD]

Mets supposedly discussing giving Revealing All Dickey a contract extension.

[Guest themetfairy]

I just finished the book this evening. Despite the intensely personal accounts of Dickey's struggles and tribulations, it is a compelling and inspirational read. Not your typical jock bio, for sure. It had to have been difficult for him to write this, but apparently cathartic as well. I have a lot of admiration for him for being able to be so brutally honest with himself, and to be able to do it publicly to boot.

[TransMonk]

For nerds like me...Dickey will be on NPR's Fresh Air today to talk about his book.

http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A little clunky/hokey in spots, and as confessional memoirs go, it isn't as lurid or as viscerally powerful as, say, Rousseau or Kathryn Harrison, nor as engrossing as "Running With Scissors." And the recent Hayhurst book is more funny.

But that might be a little unfair. It kicks the living poo out of most jock bios, and as Fairy said, it's pretty compelling, and damn if he doesn't come off more likable (perhaps at the cost of penning a better, more vivid, slightly more gloves-off bio).

[bmfc1]

I liked it, didn't love it. The timing for the book was poor as it suffered by comparison to the excellent "Out of My League", by Dirk Hayhurst (also enjoyed by LWFS). I loved his interactions with the knuckleball gods. I didn't like him talking about God as often as he did. That's him and that's fine but it's a big part of his book and it was often too much for me. Don't look for dirt on other players, other than about A. Rodriguez. I admire him for persevering and finished the book a bigger RA Dickey fan than before.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

bmfc1 wrote: Don't look for dirt on other players, other than about A. Rodriguez.

There was also the shoe-kicking veteran Texas righty (Heiling?).

[Guest themetfairy]

I loved the story about his future mother-in-law yelling at Nolan Ryan

[bmfc1]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Don't look for dirt on other players, other than about A. Rodriguez. There was also the shoe-kicking veteran Texas righty (Heiling?).

It was 2001. I think he said that the pitcher was released soon after. RA made his debut on April 22d.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/2001-transactions.shtml

It wasn't Jonathan Johnson who is RA's buddy. It wasn't Brantley who bought him clothes. So if the transaction log is accurate, it was Kevin Foster (whomever that is) who was released in August. Helling pitched the entire season for Texas.

[nymr83]

Dickey was on yesterday's Baseball Today podcast (at www.espn.com/podcenter) promoting the book.

I'm in the middle of Hayhurst's "Bullpen Gospels" and loving it, "Out of My League" is next on my list, and then I'll probably give Dickey's book a shot.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

R.A. Dickey on public radio's Fresh Air.

[Guest attgig]

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wished i lived in ny...

[Ceetar]

I may go. Probably going to be the city tomorrow afternoon anyway. Obviously depends on the weather since it's an outdoor event.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Read Aloud Dickey better not surrender the lead twice to a division rival in a road rubber game next time around or people are going to start blaming his NPR appearances and film-festival openings.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Read Aloud Dickey better not surrender the lead twice to a division rival in a road rubber game next time around or people are going to start blaming his NPR appearances and film-festival openings.

Well, you certainly are fixated on that.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I promise to give it up when he stops blowing leads.

[Guest attgig]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Read Aloud Dickey better not surrender the lead twice to a division rival in a road rubber game next time around or people are going to start blaming his NPR appearances and film-festival openings.

maybe you're onto something...

madden curse translated to knuckleballers...

[Edgy MD]

Doug Flynn better start showing some power or people are going to start blaming all the dog porno he's doing.

[Edgy MD]

Dickey pitching the wiffleknuckler in Tompkins Square Park.

[metirish]

Shocked to see a camera crew there, probably just happened to be in that area.

[Vic Sage]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I promise to give it up when he stops blowing leads.

blow this.

He's been our best SP for the last 2+ seasons, and has had exactly 1 bad outing this year (out of 5 starts),, beating division rivals ATL, PHI and MIA so far. Whatever your problem is with Mr. Dickey, he ain't the problem. so please remove your cock from his ass and find a new horse to ride in on. or something.

[Fman99]

Wait, who's fucking the horse's ass?

[Vic Sage]

yeah, i got lost somewhere in the midst of a mixed and particularly vile and inapt metaphor. I knew i could count on you, though, to jump into the breach... or whatever. sorry, i just can't get that Doug Flynn "dog porno" out of my head.

[Edgy MD]

We're about 17-18 days short of Dickey's second anniversary of Metness.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Vic Sage wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I promise to give it up when he stops blowing leads. blow this. He's been our best SP for the last 2+ seasons, and has had exactly 1 bad outing this year (out of 5 starts),, beating division rivals ATL, PHI and MIA so far. Whatever your problem is with Mr. Dickey, he ain't the problem. so please remove your cock from his ass and find a new horse to ride in on. or something.

[Ceetar]

Don't look for dirt on other players, other than about A. Rodriguez. There was also the shoe-kicking veteran Texas righty (Heiling?). It was 2001. I think he said that the pitcher was released soon after. RA made his debut on April 22d. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/2001-transactions.shtml It wasn't Jonathan Johnson who is RA's buddy. It wasn't Brantley who bought him clothes. So if the transaction log is accurate, it was Kevin Foster (whomever that is) who was released in August. Helling pitched the entire season for Texas.

Tim Crabtree maybe? http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crabtti01.shtml

Jeff Brantley most likely http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brantje01.shtml


Just finished the book. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It was interspersed with some pages about last year, which I found particularly interesting. Mentoring Pelfrey, hopping a fence with him to kick field goals on a back field near Digital Domain Park in order to win a bet with David Wright. Passionate farewells to Beltran and Reyes as well as mentioning that Beltran probably bought suits for any number of rookies to look good on road trips.

Also confesses that he was disappointed that they did trade Beltran and K-Rod, truly believing they were in the race.

Jerry Manuel doesn't come off real good either, not that you'd expect him to.

[seawolf17]

Just finished this; I was curious to know who the shoe-kicker was too. Brantley makes sense; good detective work.

Really enjoyed it; Dickey's not a great writer, but he has an interesting tale.

[TransMonk]

I finished this over the weekend. It was pretty good. It seemed like a lot of it was about praising his wife in an attempt to show how sorry he was for messing around on her and there was a lot of God-talk. But overall, a pretty interesting read.

I enjoyed the part where he was being courted by the Twins in 2008 when they were in the middle of putting together the trade for Johan to the Mets. He met with them at the winter meetings and told them that he could pick up the slack if they traded Johan.

Good book, for a ballplayer.

[Edgy MD]

And of course, he's spent much of his Mets career doing just that.

Is there any reason his 2011 chapter was interspersed into little chapterlets throughout the book? It didn't really help the narrative. My guess is that the book comes to the dramatic conclusion in 2010, and the rest is boring tiresome "Life After Garp" epilogue, but he had this extra material by the time he was finished, and it would have been conspicuous had they left 2011 out, so they chopped it up and turned it into garnish.

Poor 2011!

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: And of course, he's spent much of his Mets career doing just that. Is there any reason his 2011 chapter was interspersed into little chapterlets dispersed through the book? It didn't really help the narrative. My guess is that the book comes to the dramatic conclusion in 2010, and the rest is boring tiresome "Life After Garp" epilogue, but he had this extra material by the time he was finished, and it would have been conspicuous had they left 2011 out, so they chopped it up and turned it into garnish. Poor 2011!

year, it was a little weirdly spaced, but I did enjoy a bunch of that 2011 stuff (Pelfrey and Dickey jumped a fence to kick field goals in Spring Training for instance) so i'm glad it didn't get cup.