DUNEDIN — For 20 years as a professional, R.A. Dickey has sat around the proverbial baseball campfire and listened to the stories about what it’s like to be a part of the game’s post-season drama; the excitement, the crackling tension, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, all played out at warp speed under a magnifying glass.
“People talk about it a lot and you can hear all about it, you watch it on TV a lot, but until you are a part of it, it doesn’t really kick you in the tail like the actual experience does,” said the Blue Jays knuckleballer on his first day in training camp Sunday.