Dickey the mountaineer

[love_that_reefer]

R.A. Dickey plans to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in January despite the Mets' disapproval of the idea.
The Mets sent a letter to Dickey's agent last month, warning that the knuckleballer's contract could be voided if he is injured during the climb. "If we thought it was a good idea, we wouldn't have sent the letter," Mets GM Sandy Alderson said. "It seems to me that the letter is enough of an effort to dissuade him, and he intends to go on nonetheless." Dickey is currently training in the Nashville area. He's making the climb to raise awareness and money for a charity, and to get in peak shape for the upcoming baseball season.

Of all the ways to raise money, this would be dead last on my list. Best of luck to him because I would have to see a player's contract be voided by climbing a mountain.

[Tobywan]

To me this is no different than CJ Wilson's racing when he's off the field. I was under the impression that contracts already stipulate if a player is injured by doing something considered "dangerous" on his own time that the team doesn't have to pay him for any time missed on the field, basically "voiding" his pay for that period at least.

[zodious]

Going to seek the Oracle, work on a knuckle ball that no one can hit

[Kingdom]

No one has ever cared what the Mets thought, why start now? Go kick the mountain's ass, Dickey.