"Mountain climber, author and film star. In the past year, R.A. Dickey has done it all, and that includes pitching for the Mets.

But now that he's reached the top of Mount Kilamanjaro, has an autobiography to be released on March 29 and has finished interviews for a documentary on knuckleballers, what does he have planned for this season?

"Well there is nothing wrong with it just being about baseball, either," Dickey said over the weekend. "Don't get me wrong. I don't think I would have performed any better if I was not writing every night or doing interviews for the film, or getting ready for the climb.

"But in any ordinary season, my family, who have been without me a lot while I was doing these things, and baseball are enough for me.""