ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — R.A. Dickey has mixed emotions over the Mets’ appeal of a scoring decision from Wednesday night that could result in him receiving credit for a no-hitter.
The Mets have requested for the commissioner’s office to review B.J. Upton’s first-inning single — the Rays’ only hit against Dickey in his complete-game 9-1 victory. David Wright attempted a bare-handed play on the grounder and missed it.
“A part of me would love a no-hitter, regardless of how you get it, it’s still a no-hitter,” Dickey said yesterday. “And then a part of me thinks it would be cheap.
“I think the asterisk beside the no-hitter would get more attention than the no-hitter, plus you’re not pitching the eighth or ninth inning with the pressure of a no-hitter going. But for the integrity of the game, I think it’s worthy of a review.”
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Joe Torre, baseball’s executive vice president of baseball operations, will solicit opinions from four or five committee members, including Tony La Russa, before rendering a verdict, likely today.
“Given what is at stake, I want to get more than my opinion,” Torre said. “We have to be careful because it is a [potential] no-hitter.”
“We’re just taking a shot, taking a stab,” Collins said. “What the hell? What do we have to lose? Nothing. We won the game and R.A. pitched a great game.”
Wright said he feels “terrible” the Upton grounder was the lone hit, but said there is nothing he would have done differently in an attempt to nail the speedy runner.
“It’s a little awkward when the team wants an error on its own player,” Wright said. “Usually it’s you’re trying to appeal for the reversal of that. But it would be a lot more difficult for me if I thought there was something else I could do, but I did everything I possibly could.”
Dickey joked that the Mets could hold a reenactment of the final out if the scoring decision is overturned.
“We were talking about having a mock up of what it was like out there and then having a celebration on the mound at Citi [Field],” Dickey said. “We can sell jerseys, authenticate our hats.”
Additional reporting
by Joel Sherman
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