TORONTO
One starting pitcher is the author of a best-selling memoir and the 40-year-old purveyor of a dying pitch. The other is a 36-year-old Ivy League graduate who stands 6-foot-10 and sits 86 mph on the radar gun. In the annals of postseason pitching matchups, there have been more conventional duels than R.A. Dickey versus Chris Young in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series.
But as the former teammates take the mound Tuesday night at Rogers Centre — Young for the Royals, Dickey for the Blue Jays — these baseball playoffs will see a pitching showdown with a 90-mph speed limit.