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You serious, Clark? A dickey's price is very affordable.
Opening Face-Off
Dickey vs. Price: There's no reason to choose when both options are great.
Nashville capped off its baseball annus mirabellis in a big way Wednesday night, as both R.A. Dickey and David Price won Cy Young Awards.
Of course, we in the Music City are doing collective back-patting and chest-thumping as if we had anything to do with the stellar seasons had in Tampa and New York by these two. Both Price and Dickey are definitely 'Drome favorites.
They are, though, two very different kinds of pitchers. Let commenter PKVol over at the CP tell it:
On the surface, these two would appear to be complete opposites: Righty / Lefty, Knuckleballer / Flame-thrower, Finesse / Power, UT / Vandy, Private school (MBA) / public school (Blackman), Back end of career / most of career remaining, White / Black, however, none of these things matter in life or baseball. They are both humble, giving and classy guys, which is what you'd want to represent Middle Tennessee.
No reason why you can't like 'em both. Off the field, they are interesting dudes, too. Price took the time to thank his dog, Astro, for his contributions to the season. R.A. Dickey famously brushed off the Mets' concerns in the off-season and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Does this sudden burst of baseball prowess make Nashville a new diamond hotbed? With the success of Vanderbilt at the collegiate level and the emergence of these two at the big leagues, more kids may want to pick up a bat. Perhaps Nashville won't go decades without a Little League World Series entrant again.
Just don't get me started about bringing an MLB team here. This means you, Powers Boothe.
