At age 35, R. A. Dickey broke through his wall once and for all. After spending the bulk of fourteen years in the minor leagues, he made it back to the majors. That year, his earned run average made him one of the ten best pitchers in all of baseball, and he signed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract with the New York Mets. Of the nine pitchers who had outranked him in his draft class, eight had already retired, and the ninth would never make it back to the majors. Yet RA was just beginning to realize his hidden potential. The key to his eventual triumph was the scaffolding others helped
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