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
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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
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
Those last two lines...
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.
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
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 . . .
Wouldn't it be nice...
Let loose the hogs of war!
Dogs of war..
Whatever farm animal of war, Lana...
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.
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
This is awesome
I love when players give back.
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona." ~George F. Will


























