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But when you look at that rotation -- and if you can get those guys back to being healthy and back to where they were even to just a calendar year ago -- thats really, really exciting. Middle child of Alfreda May (MacKinnon) Hickey of Tay Creek and the late Jeremiah Joseph Hickey. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:focus,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:hover{border-radius:3px;background-color:#dddddd;color:#002867;}/*!sc*/ James Henry "Jim" Hickey, born January 5, 1953, in Fredericton N.B., passed peacefully at home, February 7, 2023. .mHQYb .p-search-item{display:block;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'mlb-primary','Helvetica Neue','Helvetica','Arial', sans-serif;}/*!sc*/ Middle child of Alfreda May (MacKinnon) Hickey of Tay Creek and the late Jeremiah Joseph Hickey. .drUhS rect{fill:#000000;stroke:#000000;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--mobile-quick-nav{display:inline;}/*!sc*/ Facebook gives people the power to share. .mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team:first-of-type:before,.mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team + .p-search-item--player:before{color:#737373;font-size:12px;position:absolute;left:10px;top:10px;padding-top:12px;}/*!sc*/ .hUHmCp{margin-top:24px;background-color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ He comes to the Nationals after serving as the Dodgers' special assistant for player development for two season. .hUHmCp > article .ad-bottom-right-container{margin-top:64px;}/*!sc*/ small{font-size:80%;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav{border-top:solid 4px #057AFF;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;}/*!sc*/ Jim Shockey with his wife, Louise Shockey. If I have an idea, Ill certainly share it and kind of find that common ground and bring that up. 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While living and working at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, I met my future wife . 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This season, an injury-stricken Nationals pitching staff ranked 26th with a 5.09 ERA, and the bullpen converted just 12 of 22 save opportunities. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-container__primary.resizing{overflow-y:hidden;}/*!sc*/ @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-bold.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-bold.woff') format('woff');font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ A 27-year veteran of ABC News, Jim Hickey has been an anchor and a correspondent for ABC News Radio since 1995 and is currently the National Correspondent for the ABC Radio Network. .mHQYb .p-search-item__container{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:50px;border-top:0;min-width:250px;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}/*!sc*/