R.A. Dickey helped lead the Mets to a 9-0 win over the Dodgers on Friday night, earning his 12th win of the season. The knunckleballer is the first pitcher in the Majors to win a dozen games. His latest start could help him land the starting job for the National League in the All-Star Game. "I think every little boy imagines playing in an All-Star game. So in that regard, it would be a real honor, obviously," Dickey said. "But more than that, I think it would give a real legitimacy to what I do as a knuckleball pitcher. I think there are camps of people out there who don't view it as a very legitimate thing. "I'm certainly thankful for the people who have come before me and done what I've done, because it's allowed me to have the foundation to build off of to become who I am presently," Dickey added. "I mean, I tried to be Charlie Hough. I tried to be Phil Niekro and Tim Wakefield, and it didn't work. So when I started bringing in who I was uniquely with that pitch, things started to kind of turn the corner for me."