R.A. Dickey is off to India to aid an anti-human trafficking organization

Remember the “R.A. Dickey is a self-promoter” meme from December? That was crystallized in this Ken Davidoff column in the New York Post?

Dickey can be a handful. He clearly has enjoyed his rise from the ashes into a Flushing folk hero, and while he deserves praise and riches, there’s also the matter of him having to coexist peacefully in a workplace. His gift for self-promotion and his love of attention don’t endear himself to most teammates.

Well, that egocentric self-promoter is at it again!

Heading to India tomorrow with my girls to work with the Bombay Teen Challenge, an organization that rescues girls from human trafficking.

— R.A. Dickey (@RADickey43) January 22, 2013

Please pray for us and our trip. That these women would see that there is a different way to live. That we would be able to serve in a way..

— R.A. Dickey (@RADickey43) January 22, 2013

that makes a positive impact. Thank you in advance for your thoughts and prayers.

— R.A. Dickey (@RADickey43) January 22, 2013

Typical Dickey. “Me, me, me.” God.

Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna was arrested in Toronto back on May 8 on charges of assault against a woman and he has been on MLB’s administrative leave list ever since — that leave having been extended twice already.

Canadian authorities aren’t revealing any details about the case so as to protect the identity of the accuser and it’s unclear where MLB’s investigation into the matter stands at this point, but Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports opens his latest column with this note …

Toronto Blue Jays star closer Roberto Osuna’s domestic issue is said by people familiar with the case to be serious and involve allegations of a physical nature, which would draw a significant ban.

Heyman notes that Major League Baseball handed 15-game suspensions to Jeurys Familia and Steven Wright for domestic assault cases where there was no physical abuse — or none proven — and that Aroldis Chapman got 30 games after a police report revealed that he did get physical with the victim and also fired a gun.

It sounds like Osuna could be facing a suspension of at least 20-25 games, given the precedent. Again, though, we don’t have any actual details.

Tyler Clippard has been operating as Toronto’s primary ninth-inning man in Osuna’s absence.