Let's make this birthday one to remember.

50 years old (Born on October 29, 1974)

Happy Birthday, R.A. Dickey! You're living proof that a knuckleball can not only dance gracefully but win the Cy Young Award too. Back in 2012 with the Mets, your masterful fluttering pitches baffled batters and made history: topping strikeouts charts and piling up shutouts like nobody's business.

You've proven time and again age is just a number—after all, it's nearly impossible to guess how old your knuckleball thinks it actually is anyway. Here's hoping today you throw yourself a celebration as unpredictable (yet delightful!) as one of your legendary slow-motion gems dancing into baseball folklore. Cheers to many more!