And just like the payphone (sorry, Superman), the baseball dugout-bullpen phone connection will soon be irrelevant, thanks to new technology.

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"In baseball, I led that team right from the dugout, not from outside the stadium, " he says in the Ontario commercial.

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And yet, in a game where imitation is as ubiquitous as sunflower seeds in the dugout, Dickey remains the only knuckleball pitcher in baseball.

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