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Braves honor Chipper in pregame ceremony

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Former Atlanta manager Bobby Cox and Hall of Famer Hank Aaron participated as the Braves paid tribute to Chipper Jones before Friday night's game against the Mets.

MLB.com

The afterglow of a 20-win season stuck with R.A. Dickey from New York to Atlanta, where the knuckleballer met his wife and four children upon their arrival from Nashville, Tenn. Barely 24 hours after becoming the Mets' first 20-game winner in nearly a q…

Ken Belson, nytimes.com

The Mets sold 2,242,803 tickets in 2012, 109,793 fewer than in 2011.

David Roher, deadspin.com

R.A. Dickey, objectively speaking, is the greatest human being in history. His knuckleball destroys cities and he climbed a huge fucking mountain. But should he win the Cy Young Award?

Roger Schlueter, MLB.com

R.A. Dickey became the National League leader in strikeouts and the sixth Mets pitcher to win 20 games in a season after beating the Pirates on Thursday.

nydailynews.com

The debate was not your run-of-the-mill dugout discussion between pitcher and manager. R.A. Dickey walked off the mound after the top of the seventh inning fully expecting, more than half-wanting, to be pulled for a pinch-hitter. He'd already thrown 111…