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Podcast: This Is Nashville
Episode: R.A. Dickey on redemption, purpose and the unpredictable pitch that changed everything
Description: Knuckleball pitchers are a small fraternity, and R.A. Dickey is one of its most notable members.R.A. Dickey learned the unpredictable knuckleball pitch as a last-ditch effort to save his major league baseball career. Once he mastered its spin-free magic, it transformed his game. But for Nashville’s own knuckleball king, that journey paralleled something deeper: an epiphany that reshaped his personal life.Once a risk-taker on and off the field, Dickey now takes his biggest risks in relationships, opening up about past trauma he once feared would push people away. In this ep...