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2012
Forget You, RA Dickey
An article by 
So if you had not heard by now, RA Dickey took the time to write a farewell message to the Mets fanbase recently. Being a humble and classy man, he was met with emotional goodbyes and people wishing him well. You would be hard pressed to find any fan out there had a negative opinion of Dickey. I have had some time to think about the whole thing…and I have come to a conclusion on what to say on the matter: Forget you, RA Dickey.
Yes, I said forget you, RA Dickey. Forget your Cy Young award and your 20-win season. Forget your impressive vocabulary and your chuckle-worthy last name. Never mind that for the first time in years, since Mike Piazza, I found myself cheering for the name on the back of the jersey as much as the one on the front. And never mind that your farewell message found a way to make me feel like I was actually part of the reason you were successful in New York City because I was a fan.
See, I know better. I know that all baseball players are only in it for the money and there cannot possibly be an emotional attachment. It is inconceivable that someone actually would have wanted to stay in New York and play for the Mets. No one dreams about something like that…especially not me. Nope, nobody here has been dreaming about that since childhood…
But, I digress. I must have the right attitude here…D’Arnaud and Syndergaard will help me forget, and the Mets organization may have already forgotten that you spent 2012 with them. You should be forgotten, RA Dickey, because you are long gone by now. The three years you spent in NY will be omitted from my mind soon.
I need to forget that your story reminded me of dreams that I had long given up on. Dreams that I had believed with absolutely certainty were impossible because I thought I knew the workings of the world. Yet, in front of me, pitched a man who weakened my cynicism and gave me hope for humanity once again. I will dismiss the effect you have had on me, and the entire fanbase, because nobody can fill those shoes.
The likelihood is that you will never even catch wind of the existence of this post. But maybe one day, I will get the chance to fulfill one of those impossible dreams and meet you. I will shake your hand and say, “Thank you, stranger.”
Because by then, I will forget you.
It is for the best, though. RA Dickey, you need to be forgotten…so I never remember what we once had. Goodbye, Robert Allen Dickey, and may all your future endeavors be successful.
About the Author: Satish Ram
I am a Senior Writer and Editor here at MetsMerized - where I specialize in Minor League coverage. I have been on the staff since 2007 and I am currently in my third semester of college in New York City. You can find me at www.facebook.com/SatishRam or @SilverHeatMMO. Feel free to message me - I love talking about the Mets or baseball overall with anybody.
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Wtf?
Wow… I am sensing just a wee-bit of hostility there Radishman. I emphasis with your point but then again why shouldn’t a person seek out and even expect to be paid what is the market value for their services?
If Dickey accepted less than what another team would have paid just to remain a Met would you feel differently? Would David Wright still be a Met if the Mets offered him any less than what another team would be willing to pay? I don’t think so. Would you have felt the same way about Wright if he choose to go after what the market was willing to pay him rather than lesser paid contract to remain a Met?
Yeah I hear you, it would have been a very cool thing if Dickey said, “You know F-It! This team gave me a chance when nobody would and I am gonna take less money than I am worth to remain a Met!”
For the record, that part was lined with sarcasm. The whole piece was a bit of a misdirection and I’m glad he is now getting his money/with a winning team.
honestly this was all a ruse. The Mets never wanted him back. he was always going to be traded, thats why they never made him a real offer. Don’t you yet understand how these guys work by now. We may in the end do OK in the trade but lets not even for a second try and say Dickey could have stayed for less. Anyone who believes that is a fool. this auction started the day the season ended. And for all you david wright lovers, the minute his value to the team is outweighed by his value in a trade, he is gone with these guys at the helm. His value now, in additional to being a good player, is to put a nice face on the front office and act as their mouthpiece.
I BELIEVE IT WILL TAKE SOMETIME FOR THOSE WE’VE REC’D IN EXCHANGE FOR R.A. TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THA THE 20Ws THAT DICKEY ACCOMPLISHED IN ’12. A SEASON, AS I’VE STATED IN WHICH HE, ALONE MADE HIS NAME MORE SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CONCEPT OF “THE METS” TO BASEBALL FANS WHO’D PICTURE HIS SCRAGGLY BEARDED WHISTFUL FACE INSTEAD OF THE SMUG GRIN OF BERNIE MADOFF OR THE VINDICTIVE SNEAR OF IRVING PICARD.
UNFORTUNATELY THE CLUELESS DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS APIRITION OF JEFF’S PASTEY COUNTENANCE IS ALL THAT REMAINS. DESPITE ONLY GETTING GLIMPSES OF JEFFS COUNTENANCE THROUGH THE VEIL OF HIS SCHILL, HARVARD LAW GRADUATE, ALDERSON.
BTW, CAN ANYBODY NAME THE EXACT CLASS THAT HARVARD TEACHES THAT TRAINS OTHERWISE, INTELLIGENT, HONEST, LAW ABIDING SCHOLARS TO EASILY PORTRAY SCUMBAGS AS PILLARS OF SOCIETY?
Does anyone doubt that one day, when the Mets invite him back onto the field for some sort of celebration of their past, that despite being on the field with the likes of Piazza, Wright, Strawberry, or Seaver….the RA Dickey will receive the biggest and most heartfelt applause?
I know he, because of a genuine love for us, will always be one of the most appreciated players ever. Forever held in the highest distinction above most of the other players, who simply just did great while wearing a Mets uniform. RA was more that just a good player wearing a Mets Uniform. He was a great man first, a friend second, and our baseball hero third.
He left on such a high note with everyone that he will no doubt receive a special reaction.
Great piece, Satish. You really encapsulate all the reasons why we loved R.A. so much. To me he just represents some of the very best of what baseball is and can be. What a shame to lose him!
ditto…..
Thank you for reading and for the compliment, Russell. Now I have to shield myself from hate mail from the ones who didn’t get it lol.
Well I suggest you remember (when reading the hate mail) that anyone who didn’t get it isn’t smart enough to concern yourself with! LOL
RA may be gone, but he’ll never be forgotten. I believe he’ll remain one of the most beloved Mets ever to wear the uniform.
i agree on that, going away after that impressive season will leave a mark on the mets fanbase , believe it or not , but we will always hold him up high , and the trade at this time is a big part of that . I mean what do you think how much RA love we would have left after he had played the 2013 season “good” and 2014 and 15 average or worst . Its all good how it is right now
“RA may be gone, but he’ll never be forgotten. I believe he’ll remain one of the most beloved Mets ever to wear the uniform.”
Agreed.
Without a doubt, and he deserves the everlasting memory.
srt:
THIS^^^
May I add, why would RAD want to play here, for an organization that smeared him, then left him out of the 2012 highlights, when he WAS the 2012 highlights.
Love you RA and I will never forget you.
You know I have to say this. RA Dickey had a great 2012. He did not have a storied, colorful career as a Met. He did not make years of history like Seaver, Gooden, Carter, Piazza, Wright. He accomplished a 20 win season late in his career. Period. Deep down I don’t care what he wanted in terms of money, because I would have wanted him to be traded regardless of what they could or could not sign him for. You trade guys like that when they are at their highest value. Period. End of Story.
Any hostility the Mets fans have are as overvalued as RA himself. He did us good for one year. He was not, nor should have not been part of any long term plans for a team that is not in contention and would not have been in contention with him in their rotation.
He may be one of the reasons the Blue Jays win it all next year and if so then that doesn’t mean that the Mets missed an opportunity to go a championship. We are so far from that you’d need a GPS from God to get there.
I’m glad the Mets were smart enough to cash in the chips at the pay window when the time was right.
doug, you miss the point entirely. No one is saying that RA was going to turn things around in 2013. The point is that he was more than the best pitcher in the league in 2012. He was and is an extraordinary person who touched the hearts of many in this supposedly cynical and sophisticated city. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, a dreamer who persevered for fourteen years in the minor leagues, a bright well-spoken guy who remained humble when his dreams came true these past three years in New York, and one who truly appreciated the fan support from those who admired him and his miraculous story. This is a storybook tale and it’s sad that you are missing “the real story”, rather than the fate of this mediocre team and its less than mediocre ownership.
This article is garbage..Forget you.Let’s see Forget starts with an F.Followed by the word you.I hope you are better than this in real life…
I believe the article was written in sarcasm font.
LOL, did you read the article or just the title?
Its good RA is gone. A winner like him doesn’t deserve to be associated with so many people who have come to adore and worship the losing ways of the Wilpon Alderson regime.
Excellent article, Satish. Like you, I admire the honesty and sincerity of RA, which coupled with his unique talent for performing as a ML pitcher, makes for a very rare combination of qualities in a professional ballplayer. It is a combination that is truly worthy of serving as a role model for youth. Your article is a very subtle form of adulation and praise of a player that we, as Mets fans, have been graced to have played for us in the short time we was with us. It was a wonderful three years and one that should be registered forever in the Pantheon of Great Mets. Some of us readers, here at MMO, understand the essence of the article you have authored with such talent. Too bad, so many just don’t get it. I, for one do, and would like to congratulate you for your skilled writing which captures the essence of RA’s departure from this team. Too bad it will be a very long time before a player of such emapthy for the fans graces our team once again. Congratulations for a job well done.
Thank you sincerely. You made me feel like I wrote a masterpiece, and I was worried that the post wouldn’t get through to people.
So thank you, and I’m glad you understand my respect for RA.
Let me just take a moment to clarify here. I’m not actually suggesting we forget RA Dickey.
I apologize to the people who took this as some kind of attack on RA… I thought he was an exceptional players and human being, and we were lucky to have him. The trade was for the best, but I will miss RA Dickey.
As TX notes above, there’s some sarcasm font to be taken note of. The piece needs to be read in its entirety.
Hope tbat helps before I get killed lol.
I really liked this piece, thick with sarcasm, and the sense of resigning oneself to despair as a Met fan was an excellent commentary on the current emotional state of Metsfans. In a perfect world we would have kept Dickey and we’d have a great farm with our own catching prospects because we’d never have blindly followed Selig’s stupid slot recommendations, but oh well so it goes. See, while it’s depressing to contemplate the present, it will make winning that much sweeter if and when things improve.
A lot of people are going to hope they can forget this deal soon, even worse some will be rooting for Dickey to fail miserably despite all he did here with his class act, Cy Young and generous attitude toward the NY Fan base…Just to justify doing it.
Unfortunatly this deal is indicative of what is wrong with this country and economy…
We used to care about having good quality and now we prefer cheap and disposable.
We don’t care if what we buy can last or even if it is any good just as long as it is cheap. It it is cheap then we can buy more to replace it….
As if spending 7 Mil over 5 years that does nothing is better spent than 7 Mil over 1 year that actually is any good.
I will Miss RA and I suspect the Lockeroom will too. But you know who will miss him the most?
In this day and age of Physical Freaks, Steroid enhanced cheaters, Wife Beaters, Wife Killers, Drunk Drivers, and Gun Toting Gangstas…
Dickey was actually the kind of player our Kids could look up to a REAL ROLE MODEL that is hard to find these days….
One who exhibits much of what America needs right now…
A shining example of “HARD WORK and BEING SMART BREEDS GREAT SUCCESS!”
And if you ask me thats a pretty big loss to the Met fanbase.
Lot of people will want to forget about him…But many won’t until they realize that we gave away the one thing we should be trying to get more of!
Class, Intelligence and Performance….
Well back to building at K-Mart, you know the Cheap and new and Young that is usually produced in China and breaks down in a year…..
I understand what Satish was trying to say, but frankly, he did not do it artfully or with clarity.
To me, Dickey was a class act, and as Metsie states, a real role model, and a big loss to the Mets fan base. Given Sandy A’s negative attitude toward Mets fans, it is impossible to have any confidence in the big gamble he’s taken with this sour trade.
MARCO, TRY TO EXERT SOME OF THE VISION ONCE MODELED BY THAT GREAT EXPLORER SSHARING YTOUR MONIKER. SANDY, HEIMSSELF DESIRED TO KEEP R.A.; THERE WERE” POWERS”IN THE FRONTOFFICE PREFERRING TO TRADE HIM. NOW, WHO IN THE FRONTOFFICE COULD POSSIBLY OUTRANK ALDERSON? THIS IS NOT NEGOTIATING YOUR WAY ROM ITALY TO CHINA BY ANY MEANS THIS IS SIMPLY LOGISTICALLY PLACING THE PUZZLE PIECES IN LOGICAL ORDER. DECEMBER, 2011 HEADLINE… MET OWNERSHIP APPROACHES DICKEY CONCERNED ABOUT KILLAMANJARO EFFECT” SPRING, 2012 DICKREY RECOUINTS EXPERIENCES FROM HIS KILLAMANJARO CLIMB.
MARCO, THIS IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL EXHERTED BY THE “LITTLE” TYRANT IN FLUSHING.
DIVKEY CAN’T BE CONTROLLED (HIMANITARIANISM.
REYES COULDN’T BE CONTROLLED(MUSICIAN)
MILLEDGE WOULDN’T BE CONTROLLED(MUSICIAN)
WRIGHT CAN & WILL BE CONTROLLED!
HISTORICALY PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED IN STATURE PEOPLE IN POWER HAVE DIFFICULTY HANDLING THE RESONSE OF “NO” THERE ISN’T ANYONE AROUND LONG WHO HAS EVER CHALLENGED “LITTLE BIG MAN JEFF WITH SUCH A RESPONSE.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HIS “BOOSTER” SEAT IS A CUSTOM RENDITION OF A THRONE THAT RARELY GETS PUBLIC EXPOSURE.PERHAPS PERMANENTLY HOUISED IN THE EXECUTIVE TOILET @ HIS PERSONALLY DESIGBNED BALLFIELD.THAT DESPITE 5+YRS OF PLANNING STILL HAS REQUIRED 2 MAJOR FACELIFTSIN IT’S’09-’12 LIFESPAN THERE IS NOTHING THIS DEGENERATE HAS EVER TOUCHED THAT DIDN’T SHRIVEL INTO UNDESIREABLE FORM. ALAS WASN’T IT HIS HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDSHIP WITH, BERNIE’S SON, THAT INITIATED THE FRATERNIZATION OF FAMILIES?
I can only hope that RA returns to Citi Field for the All Star game and gets an ovation longer and louder than any Mets representatives including David Wright.
An extended, unrelenting standing ovation for RA, and an embarrassed ownership and front office on national TV would be well deserved.
LTF, I UNDERSTAND YOUR SENTIMENT; BUT I WOULD HAVE TO BOLDLY POINT OUT THAT ANY BONA FIDE MET FAN WHO WANTS ANY HOPE @ EVENTUAL NEW OWNERSHIP PREVIOUS TO FRED’S DEMISE WOULD BOYCOTT ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES HELD IN THAT “HOLE IN THE MAP” ONCE NAMED “CITI SOMETHING OR OTHER”
Hi 62,
That has already started and I think is going to get even worse, but won’t be enough to force the Wilpons out since I have every confidence in Sandy being able to to unload the airplane of any and all weight he has to so to keep the Wilpons in the cockpit.
It doesn’t matter if D’Arnaud and the Snodgrass turn out to be decent. It doesn’t matter if the perceived value of these two is good, come 2015 or 2016. What matters is that long suffering Met fans had a guy in Dickey who was smart, devoted, different, honest, progressive, classy…oh yeah..he won a Cy Young too. And so he had to go. Because it apparently didn’t even cross their minds that they should just keep the guy because he made a difference to NY and to the fans. Truth be told, Wilpons can’t even understand the traits that made Dickey so loved and respected here. They simply have no class whatsoever. Worse yet, they were threatened by him because who he is just showed us all, how base and revolting the Wilpons are.
Hi Satish,
I think the intent of your article was quite clear and you shouldn’t feel the need to apologize to anybody who misunderstood it – though, of course, it is a credit to your character that you did.
That’s what R.A. would have done and a nicer thing to say about anybody I cannot think of.
Nice going.