Comments on: R.A. Dickey to get the Opening Day start for the Blue Jays http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437938 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:33:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437938 Thanks for saying V is ok. lol Pitching is definitely not our problem.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437936 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:30:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437936 Detroit has some OK pitchers; however, they have some fielding problems at first, short and third.

]]> By: nbjays http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437715 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:31:49 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437715 Amen, Indaburg!!

Gonna see the Jays sooner than I thought. We are taking the kids to Disney World for March Break and on our second last day, the Braves (who train at Disney’s ESPN sports complex) are hosting the Beaver Men.

I am so pumped!

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437583 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:58:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437583 Don’t be hatin’, bruno. I’m actually more excited about going to some practices. Fewer people, more player accessibility. I hope to check out Mr. Dickey’s knuckler up close in person.

]]> By: mybrunoblog http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437565 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:33:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437565 April 1st is a looooooong way off. Spring training is as exciting as Pre-season football.

]]> By: misterchainbluelightning http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437549 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:18:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437549 Eh-men

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437543 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:12:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437543 Don’t be hatin’. S’not easy being green.

]]> By: jaysfan64 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437529 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:54:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437529 If Morrow stays healthy, and if he’s slotted behind Dickey for the whole season, at some point he’ll get his no-hitter….

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437521 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:38:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437521 Hmph. I have it on good authority that Kermit the Frog is a known terrorist.

]]> By: APBA Guy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437480 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:46:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437480 That’s the reality isn’t it? And that’s what makes the Giants rotation so strong. Look at last year, and their 5 guys started every game. Even though Timmy wasn’t Timmy (dude, eat something), Zito was better and that mostly compensated.

So look at the Beaver Men starters in hope, and look at the Giants starters in fact.

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437478 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:45:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437478 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB890fs3GMU

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437467 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:32:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437467 Eh, I think we’re comparable — maybe not #5, but our #1 is better too.

]]> By: uyf1950 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437463 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:24:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437463 It’s going to be interesting to see how Dickey fares in the AL East. He’ll be pitching in 3 parks (Yankee Stadium, Fenway and Orioles Park) that were in the top 10 on MLB for HR’s per 9 innings. No NL East park was in the top 10 in 2012. Going to be interesting indeed.

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437460 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:21:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437460 Chris, I will certainly be disappointed if they aren’t one of MLB’s top 5 rotations. But you can say that about me every season regarding Beaver Pitching. A lot depends on Romero reverting to his old self and Johnson staying healthy. Frankly, Morrow needs to prove he can remain off the DL, too. But, yeah. That is one hell of a rotation.

On paper.

]]> By: dkb1968 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437397 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:39:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437397 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RrdwElnTU&w=560&h=315%5D

]]> By: dkb1968 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437392 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:34:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437392 Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Amen! Amen!

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437386 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:30:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437386 That’s just sick. It should be illegal to have such diverse pitching styles in one rotation.

But yes, baseball’s a-coming! Can I get a hallelujah and an amen?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437373 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:16:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437373 Given the medical karma of the past two years, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him having to pitch three games in a row by midseason.

]]> By: jacobknicks http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437363 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:10:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437363 After what they gave up for Dickey the Jays should have have start games 2 and 3 as well

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437362 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:09:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437362 Management, players and fans are very optimistic. In the Jays first series they will use a knuckleball pitcher, a hard throwing righty, and a strike throwing lefty. The second series will feature a hard throwing righty, a lefty with a mid 90′s fastball and a change up followed by the knuckleballer.

]]> By: ctony1216 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437355 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:01:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437355 It’ll be interesting to see how Dickey manages to get through the A.L. East, a division that grinds up even really solid pitchers. Lots of good, patient hitters on every team. (But a lot of free swingers too, Mr. Granderson.) Dickey seems like he has the mental toughness to deal with it. We’ll see.

Speaking of grinders, Kevin Youkilis has changed his batting stance — wider, lower hands, not as weird. Good interview with him on the YES Network with Jack Curry: http://www.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=25587445

]]> By: Chris Fiorentino http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437354 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:00:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437354 That’s an insane rotation, to go along with a great lineup. If the Jays stay healthy and don’t finish in the top two in the division, it has to be considered a disappointment, right?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437350 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:59:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437350 Peetchers and catchers on the small field on the twelfth.

Position players on the main field on the fifteenth.

Nutritional advisers (guffaw!) in the hotel lobby bars on the sixteenth.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437343 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:53:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437343 The Jays rotation will be Dickey, Morrow, Buehrle, Johnson and Romero. Opposing teams will not face similar pitchers back to back.

]]> By: Chris Fiorentino http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/r-a-dickey-to-get-the-opening-day-start-for-the-blue-jays/comment-page-1/#comment-437323 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:36:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295537#comment-437323 For the first time ever, the Phillies opening day starter will be Cole Hamels. Unbelievable that he has never opened the season for the Phillies in his career.

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