.@radickey43 did it! 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner! #CyDickey! #Mets
— New York Mets (@Mets) November 14, 2012
Nov 14
Congrats To R.A. Dickey The 2012 Cy Young Award Winner
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36 comments
srt
11/14/2012-7:04pm at 7:04 pm (UTC -4)
Congratulations to RA Dickey!
It was a landslide – as well it should have been.
Prismo
11/14/2012-7:27pm at 7:27 pm (UTC -4)
Seaver – Gooden – Dickey
!!!!!
SaltyGary
11/14/2012-7:09pm at 7:09 pm (UTC -4)
Awesome! Now trade him to Toronto for some catching.
TX
11/14/2012-7:18pm at 7:18 pm (UTC -4)
Woot on both!
Stick
11/14/2012-10:14pm at 10:14 pm (UTC -4)
you go gurl!
TX
11/14/2012-11:54pm at 11:54 pm (UTC -4)
That’s grrrl. Or so the teeny boppers say.
Stickguy
11/15/2012-7:57am at 7:57 am (UTC -4)
I have a soon to be 17 YO daughter. There are multiple variations on the spelling, which mean different things. It is quite a complicated sub-culture, let me tell you that.
gategem
11/15/2012-1:40am at 1:40 am (UTC -4)
Prismo
11/14/2012-7:15pm at 7:15 pm (UTC -4)
I changed my mind, I don’t want to trade him anymore.
The Mets are going to suck regardless, we might as well keep our Cy Young winner!
SaltyGary
11/14/2012-7:19pm at 7:19 pm (UTC -4)
NO YOU ARE FALLING INTO THE TRAP!!!!!!
Prismo
11/14/2012-7:24pm at 7:24 pm (UTC -4)
The trap of holding onto a Cy Young pitcher instead of trading him for an average catcher and a who-knows prospect?
kingman 26
11/14/2012-8:48pm at 8:48 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, the trap of intelligence.
It is a nice trap.
srt
11/14/2012-7:58pm at 7:58 pm (UTC -4)
This. This. This.
Although I didn’t want him traded, ever.
Stick
11/14/2012-10:17pm at 10:17 pm (UTC -4)
if they are screwing up and pushing everything into the middle with Wright, might as well sign dickey too and have the next 3 years teams all locked up. And no new talent coming in for that long either.
SaltyGary
11/14/2012-7:17pm at 7:17 pm (UTC -4)
What’s pretty amazing is the week he was signed it was nothing but penis jokes for a month and now the guy grabs the top honor at 38. Such a awesome story. I really wish the Mets weren’t in a position where it forces me to advocate trading him to help in other areas. I really think giving him a decent 4 year contract (or 3+ option) is really not out of line.
Prismo
11/14/2012-7:32pm at 7:32 pm (UTC -4)
“I’m on board and I want to be part of the solution here”
“I like being a Met and I wouldn’t mind finishing my career as a Met”
-RA Dickey
SaltyGary
11/14/2012-7:38pm at 7:38 pm (UTC -4)
No STOP must not listen, don’t want emotions taking over rational judgment!
Prismo
11/14/2012-7:41pm at 7:41 pm (UTC -4)
LOL
kingman 26
11/14/2012-7:48pm at 7:48 pm (UTC -4)
As is often the case, Prismo leads the way.
Why ASSUME that Dickey is going to fade??
Sign Wright for 125 mil, who SUCKED for 3/4 of the last 2 years, or RA?
Watch this space tomorrow.
TX
11/14/2012-8:38pm at 8:38 pm (UTC -4)
2 years is such a small sample size though…
kingman 26
11/14/2012-8:56pm at 8:56 pm (UTC -4)
Yes sir, but four years is not.
Seriously, if they trade RA and give sucky Wright 7/125, I really might turn in my Met membership card after 39 years.
I think I might be serious.
Prismo
11/14/2012-10:00pm at 10:00 pm (UTC -4)
7/125 on top of of the 1/16 for next season is just too much. I think he deserves 6/100 like Zimmerman got for the Nats. They’re pretty similar players and Wright’s slightly older.
Hazmet
11/14/2012-9:01pm at 9:01 pm (UTC -4)
Well come on now, half a year with a broken back and nobody in the line up around him this past year when teams stated before every series “we’re not pitching to Wright”. Hopefully Ike or someone gives the opposition a little more to think about in 2013.
kingman 26
11/14/2012-9:11pm at 9:11 pm (UTC -4)
Sorry Haz….a guy with the numbers Wright put up for 3/4 of the past two years getting 7/125 starting as he turns 31?
Only the Mets. Only the Mets.
If he is not good enough to take a zillion walks when he is not being pitched to–which, if this was the case, he was clearly NOT in the 2nd half of 2012–he ain’t worth 7/125.
Or even remotely close to it.
Hazmet
11/14/2012-10:49pm at 10:49 pm (UTC -4)
Wo, 7 for 125 I didn’t pick up on that. That’s loco.
kingman 26
11/14/2012-9:30pm at 9:30 pm (UTC -4)
Stick–Read this:
“I love the fan base, my family loves being a New York Met, being in New York and all the stuff it has to offer outside of baseball. It’s given me the platform to do things that far transcend the game. Whether it’s pouring myself into a charity I am really passionate about, or writing a memoir that I feel like needed to be written. All these things, I don’t know if I could’ve done them if it weren’t for New York and being a New York Mets. I am aware of that, and I am appreciative of that. Because of that, I like being a Met, and I wouldn’t mind finishing my career as a Met.”
Yes, NY offers opportunities other cities do not.
TRS86
11/14/2012-10:11pm at 10:11 pm (UTC -4)
This is also the same guy that said he was kicked in the teeth, needed to see a plan, was a package deal with Wright, has now seen enough to know there is a very deliberate plan that is being followed and wouldn’t mind being a Met.
No offense but he’s all over the place almost like he is in a contract negotiation.
Stick
11/14/2012-10:25pm at 10:25 pm (UTC -4)
oh, snap.
Stick
11/14/2012-10:29pm at 10:29 pm (UTC -4)
I suppose I can elaborate on that…
Yes, this is the guy that was very vocal on calling out Sandy about not doing anything last year, etc.
Though I suppose that he is seeing the crayon on Jeffie’s wall that Wright is being signed to a dumbass deal. And if that is all he needs to be sold on the team being “serious” and having a “winning plan”, then I don’t think he is as smart as we assumed.
kingman 26
11/15/2012-9:35am at 9:35 am (UTC -4)
I do not think he ever said he was a “package deal” and as I said at the time, money talks, RA might love the area, and regardless of what my wise colleague Stick might say, there is no city in America which serves as a platform for writers and charitable work on the same level as NYC. That simply is fact.
Stick
11/14/2012-10:27pm at 10:27 pm (UTC -4)
well, I am glad he loves it so much. But, other cities certainly offer lots of opportunities too.
but to me, as much as I like him, it is more about what will make the team competitive before it am drooling in my ovaltine (well, more than usual…).
but, if he wants to be here that bad, step up and offer the mets a deal they can’t refuse. 2/20 extension + an option year?
srt
11/15/2012-7:29am at 7:29 am (UTC -4)
If I’m not mistaken, Dickey said in his book that he’s had to move his family about 27 times in 13 years. Something tells me he’s seen more parts of this country than most have.
As far as the NY fans….maybe he should talk to Reyes about the difference of what it’s like to place in NY vs. somewhere like FL where they could care less about baseball.
After seeing that fire sale my Miami, I wonder how close it came to Dickey being traded to Miami? He’s right up Loria’s alley. 5 Million cheap for next season for actual talent.
Paul Festa
11/14/2012-10:50pm at 10:50 pm (UTC -4)
Bloody awesome graphic! I really hope that’s what his Cy Young award looks like!
Mr North Jersey
11/14/2012-11:29pm at 11:29 pm (UTC -4)
Thx Paul.
gategem
11/15/2012-1:46am at 1:46 am (UTC -4)
I also offer my congratulations to Dickey and hope the Mets trade him before his testosterone level drops and Mr. Dickey is diminished.
Stickguy
11/15/2012-7:59am at 7:59 am (UTC -4)
I don’t think Viagra is on the banned substance list, so he should be able to go on for a long time!