Jason Royce Dickson (born March 30, 1973) is a Canadian former professional

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. Dickson is a graduate of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He played for the

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and was drafted by the

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in the 6th round of the 1994

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Amateur Draft. He was part of Team Canada in the

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which finished in fourth place. Called up to the California Angels squad on August 21, 1996, the first batter he faced was

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, who homered off Dickson's third Major League pitch. Dickson was named to the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game as a 24-year-old representing the Anaheim Angels. He finished his first full season with 13 wins and a 4.29

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but struggled the next year, going 10–10 with a 6.05 ERA. Over four seasons in the majors, Dickson had a 26–25 record and 4.99 career ERA. However, injuries all but nullified his once promising career. In 1996, he won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Tip O'Neill Award. Raised in

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, Dickson has been a supporter of the

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Liberals and campaigned for them in the 2003 election. It was reported in the March 7, 2006 ''

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'' where he was considering running for the Liberals in the next provincial election. He ran for and lost the right to run for the Liberals in the riding of

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at a May 28, 2006 nominating convention placing third in a field of four candidates with 91 of 531 total votes. He is now a pitcher for the Chatham Ironmen of the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League. On June 22, 2016, he was acclaimed as Baseball Canada President at the organization's Annual General Meeting in

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