12-07-2008, 03:23 AM
<!--quoteo(post=1860:date=Dec 7 2008, 01:11 AM:name=dk123)-->QUOTE (dk123 @ Dec 7 2008, 01:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=1824:date=Dec 6 2008, 06:12 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Dec 6 2008, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=1819:date=Dec 6 2008, 06:01 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Dec 6 2008, 06:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Do you guys realize how unclutch Adam Dunn is? He's hit 40 home runs or more the last 6 years and has averaged 100 RBI per season in that span. For comparison, Raul Ibanez has managed to produce 103 RBI per season over his last 6 full seasons and only has averaged 23 HRs per season.
I think he would be the most frustrating player we've watched in some time.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well said Scarey. Didn't it take him like 6 years to hit a sacrifice fly? It's something like that.
And as Coach has posted about a few times, Dunn doesn't even like playing baseball. He has an awful attitude about the game. It's the reason why J.P. Riccardi, the Blue Jays GM, said this:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->On Wednesday night, a caller to Ricciardi's radio show suggested that a deal for Dunn might help the struggling Toronto offense, and Ricciardi responded bluntly. "Do you know the guy doesn't really like baseball that much?" Ricciardi said. "Do you know the guy doesn't have a passion to play the game that much? How much do you know about the player?
"There's a reason why you're attracted to some players and there's a reason why you're not attracted to some players. I don't think you'd be very happy if we brought Adam Dunn here."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And that defense people are worried about with Ibanez in RF, well then you should be absolutely shitting your pants over the idea of Dunn out there. If this guy got more than 2 hits in a playoff series I'd be stunned. Good pitchers bearing down when it matters will make him look awful in October, just like they do with Soriano.
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Out of curiosity, other than what Ricciardi said, has this stuff about Dunn's attitude been reported elsewhere?
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I'm not sure, but before that, I'm pretty sure Coach said he knew somebody that's friends with him or something, that said Dunn talks about how he doesn't like playing baseball and doesn't care. I mean, people around baseball usually don't say these things about players. Ricciardi had to issue an apology after this, it became such a big deal.
I think he would be the most frustrating player we've watched in some time.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well said Scarey. Didn't it take him like 6 years to hit a sacrifice fly? It's something like that.
And as Coach has posted about a few times, Dunn doesn't even like playing baseball. He has an awful attitude about the game. It's the reason why J.P. Riccardi, the Blue Jays GM, said this:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->On Wednesday night, a caller to Ricciardi's radio show suggested that a deal for Dunn might help the struggling Toronto offense, and Ricciardi responded bluntly. "Do you know the guy doesn't really like baseball that much?" Ricciardi said. "Do you know the guy doesn't have a passion to play the game that much? How much do you know about the player?
"There's a reason why you're attracted to some players and there's a reason why you're not attracted to some players. I don't think you'd be very happy if we brought Adam Dunn here."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And that defense people are worried about with Ibanez in RF, well then you should be absolutely shitting your pants over the idea of Dunn out there. If this guy got more than 2 hits in a playoff series I'd be stunned. Good pitchers bearing down when it matters will make him look awful in October, just like they do with Soriano.
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Out of curiosity, other than what Ricciardi said, has this stuff about Dunn's attitude been reported elsewhere?
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I'm not sure, but before that, I'm pretty sure Coach said he knew somebody that's friends with him or something, that said Dunn talks about how he doesn't like playing baseball and doesn't care. I mean, people around baseball usually don't say these things about players. Ricciardi had to issue an apology after this, it became such a big deal.
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