R.A. Dickey and Kevin Slowey to Climb Mt Kilimanjaro

The former Twins plan on climbing the mountain in Tanzania to raise money for Bombay Teen Challenge, which fights sex trafficking in India. Mt. Kilimanjaro's peak is at 19,341 ft.
h/t Big League Stew

5 months ago less cowbell, more 'neau 22 comments 0 recs |

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Imagination...

Slowey: Drinking PBR on top of a mountain is so not mainstream. Nobody can be less mainstream than me.

Dickey: I throw a knuckler.

Slowey: … Damn it.

by spanspanspan on Dec 28, 2011 3:58 PM EST reply actions 6 recs

Lol Awesome.

FREE AIRWOLF!

ROHLFING!!!!!

by d-mac on Dec 28, 2011 4:35 PM EST up reply actions

More...

Dickey: Come on, man, we just climbed a mountain. Let’s enjoy it.

Slowey: No. There are only about 366 pitchers on 25 man rosters. Of those 366, only two guys throw that pitch. One of those two guys is you. The other one is still a free agent.

Dickey: Seriously man, let’s enjoy the view.

Slowey: No! [Expletive] the view! Do you realize you might be the only man in the world who makes a living with his knuckles?

Dickey: You realize I don’t actually throw it with my knuckles. I use…

Slowey: /facepalm. That’s not the point. You might be the only man in the world making a living that way. That’s impressive.

Dickey: Yeah, I know.

Slowey: Let’s go kidnap Brian Wilson and amputate his beard.

Dickey: Cool.

by spanspanspan on Dec 28, 2011 9:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Can they seriously PLEASE do that?! My ex was threatening to get me a fear the beard shirt for Christmas but I told him I’d burn it so he didn’t waste his money on it lol he knows how much I freaking hate Brian Wilson and how I’m convinced if I ever meet him he’s going to do one of two things: eat me, or rape me. Creepiest guy ever!!! //mini rant over

"The problem with baseball is that it is not played year round" -Gaylord Perry

by twinsgirl197 on Dec 29, 2011 1:01 AM EST up reply actions

You should be OK if you're not a Chalupa.

"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Tell Gardy there's nobody around to protect him now." Ozzie Guillen

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 29, 2011 9:27 AM EST up reply actions

whats a chalupa?

"The problem with baseball is that it is not played year round" -Gaylord Perry

by twinsgirl197 on Dec 30, 2011 3:21 PM EST up reply actions

The thing he was black awpsing in that commercial

by spanspanspan on Dec 30, 2011 3:51 PM EST up reply actions

oooo derp de der

"The problem with baseball is that it is not played year round" -Gaylord Perry

by twinsgirl197 on Dec 31, 2011 1:07 AM EST up reply actions

What are you talking about?

Brian Wilson is effing AWESOME. Have you seen his Taco Bell commercial? I really, really wish he was a Twin.

But yes, the beard needs to be trimmed badly.

by Flip27 on Dec 29, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions

he scares the crap out of me...

and yes. That commercial gave me a second reason to not want to ever eat at taco bell again

"The problem with baseball is that it is not played year round" -Gaylord Perry

by twinsgirl197 on Dec 30, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

I'm afraid to ask...

What was the first reason?

by spanspanspan on Dec 30, 2011 3:51 PM EST up reply actions

I'm going to guess the ground up chihuahuas in the tacos.

"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Tell Gardy there's nobody around to protect him now." Ozzie Guillen

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 30, 2011 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

Well I'm not going to say it on here

just because I don’t want to make potemtial taco bell lovers vomit

"The problem with baseball is that it is not played year round" -Gaylord Perry

by twinsgirl197 on Dec 31, 2011 1:08 AM EST up reply actions

I'd be happy if he just let it go back to it's natural color

He’s like a spokesman for Just fro Men Chest and Back formula, except he uses it on his beard.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Jan 3, 2012 3:02 PM EST up reply actions

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Marina neighborhood in San Francisco...

Mysterious Stranger: New idea. Imagine this… I’m black ops. I’m gonna sneak up and climb that mountain too. Where I show up, nobody knows… CAUSE I’M BLACK OPS. I’m gonna channel my inner sherpa-ness. And BOOM, that Tanzanian mountain never happened.

Tim Lincecum: Dude, Brian, get over it. And stop bogarting my Mary Jane.

by ColossusOfRhode on Dec 29, 2011 11:14 AM EST up reply actions

haha

I was going to do another one. But I’m restraining myself. There was going to be a Bumgarner joke at the end, though.

by spanspanspan on Dec 29, 2011 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

Oh, THAT Brian Wilson . . .

I thought you meant the Beach Boys’ guy . . .

by Theo77 on Dec 29, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions

Wouldn't it be nice...

Let loose the hogs of war!
Dogs of war..
Whatever farm animal of war, Lana...

by darren004 on Dec 30, 2011 9:38 AM EST up reply actions

Sorry, didn't mean to derail the point of this post with humor...

It’s cool that baseball players do things for charities. Have fun, Kevin and Robert Allen.

by spanspanspan on Dec 30, 2011 3:53 PM EST reply actions

FWIW, I don't think you derailed it.

I think some people read my blurb anyway. I think it’s pretty cool that they are both still friends and are doing something this cool (and dangerous) and benefitting a charity at the same time.

"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Tell Gardy there's nobody around to protect him now." Ozzie Guillen

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Dec 30, 2011 5:11 PM EST up reply actions

It seems a poor PR move for the Mets to threaten to void Dickey's contract if he hurts himself

It’s not clear to me if they’re legally allowed to do that if there’s no clause in the contract that says he can’t climb mountains. I don’t know… IANAL.

(And for the record, I read the article before I made the Brian Wilson-related comment above…)

by ColossusOfRhode on Dec 30, 2011 5:31 PM EST up reply actions