That last 2-run homer gives him 1,000 RBI.

 

.337 OBP makes up a bit for his low avg.

 

Maybe it does. Since he is a station to station baserunner, I'd be interested to see how often he gets to the plate once he reaches base. I'm going to assume it's not a high #. in the 30's? His HR total is as impressive as his avg. and SOs are not. Like said before he is what he is. Good fit for an American League team that can afford the hefty salary. Not a good fit for a small market NL team.

Maybe it does. Since he is a station to station baserunner, I'd be interested to see how often he gets to the plate once he reaches base. I'm going to assume it's not a high #. in the 30's? His HR total is as impressive as his avg. and SOs are not. Like said before he is what he is. Good fit for an American League team that can afford the hefty salary. Not a good fit for a small market NL team.

 

I'd be interested in who else cares. That has way more to do with the hitters behind him than his footspeed. He's faster than most catchers and you won't here people ask for that stat. Just admit that, after one really bad year, he would've helped the Reds. Is it that difficult?

Offensively he would have helped. I can't help but wonder how many games the Reds would have had different outcomes with the donkey patrolling LF. For the most part the Reds have had some very solid outfield play there.

 

Of course it may have been a wash with some offensive production too. But we can't be too dismayed from the O out of the leftfield slot in the order.

Offensively he would have helped. I can't help but wonder how many games the Reds would have had different outcomes with the donkey patrolling LF. For the most part the Reds have had some very solid outfield play there.

 

Of course it may have been a wash with some offensive production too. But we can't be too dismayed from the O out of the leftfield slot in the order.

 

Agreed. However, Ludwick is no Torii Hunter.

Agreed. However, Ludwick is no Torii Hunter.

 

In comparison to Dunn he's Torii Hunter.

Maybe it does. Since he is a station to station baserunner, I'd be interested to see how often he gets to the plate once he reaches base.

 

25% of the time.

Like I said before I always liked Adam Dunn, primarily because he was my son's favorite player. With that said, I was thrilled when he went to the American League because I was always afraid my son would have to watch his favorite player die after getting hit by a baseball falling out of the sky.

I'd be interested in who else cares. That has way more to do with the hitters behind him than his footspeed. He's faster than most catchers and you won't here people ask for that stat. Just admit that, after one really bad year, he would've helped the Reds. Is it that difficult?

 

Again, in REALITY, if he had remained a Red, his salary would have greatly altered what they presently are. I'll take the Reds the way they have been and are since he left...

Again, in REALITY, if he had remained a Red, his salary would have greatly altered what they presently are. I'll take the Reds the way they have been and are since he left...

 

You are 100% correct. His salary was going to be a problem for this organization.

Again, in REALITY, if he had remained a Red, his salary would have greatly altered what they presently are. I'll take the Reds the way they have been and are since he left...

 

Very few would dispute that and if that was your only argument, I'd be on board.

He hit #399 tonight.

 

Despite what Lance McAlister and many believe here is the truth:

 

"A common unsolicited response from coaches and players about Adam Dunn is that he is a favorite teammate. "

 

"Other players like hanging out with him in the locker room, and after last year he has cemented those relationships. They saw a man who never changed and was never negative, despite the dreadful experience he was going through on the field."

 

Dunn said the importance of being a good teammate was ingrained in him when he was a 7th grader in Texas

 

 

Cheryl Raye-Stout interviews White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn | WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

I'm always happy to see Clyde has a post in the Dunn thread. Usually means he hit another HR. :lol:

25 of Donkey's 34 bombs have come when the Sox are either down a run or tied.

 

But he ain't clutch.

Has anyone ever led the league in home runs and batted under .200. The lumbering iron glove Adam Dunn is on a pace to do that. :idunno:

Has anyone ever led the league in home runs and batted under .200. The lumbering iron glove Adam Dunn is on a pace to do that. :idunno:

Dave Kingman nearly did it in 1982, going .204-37-99 ... we had the Mets on WOR on cable that year. Kingman was a whiff machine.