winninguglyin83 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Who knew Adam Dunn ranked right up there with the national debt debate? Well he does. The New York Times is the latest publication to report and write an ADAM DUNN STINKS story. Adam Dunn is Front-Page News. Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/sports/b...html?ref=sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitoMB345 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 There's no such thing as bad publicity.. right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxsoxsoxsox Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 talk about free agent busts. gz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 That was an excellent article. It wasn't bashing him at all. It's something the Dunn haters need to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I hope this winter there isn't this prevailing attitude that Dunn will be great next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexSoxFan#1 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 12:40 AM) That was an excellent article. It wasn't bashing him at all. It's something the Dunn haters need to read. Nobody hates Dunn the person, seems like a nice guy, we hate that he got a huge contract and is producing what I basically could've given the White Sox at a much cheaper price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxrwhite Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 All in........or.....all Dunn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Very good article. I hope, for the Sox sake and his own, that he improves a lot next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:21 AM) I hope this winter there isn't this prevailing attitude that Dunn will be great next season. I think the prevailing attitude will be that "If Dunn repeats this season, we're going to get a solid 2013 draft pick." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Dunn's struggles have truly been a mystery. The article properly points to him as a model of consistency with regards to power numbers and a typically strong walk rate. It also highlighted that he never really had a strong Batting Average: 2001: .262 2002: .249 2003: .215 2004: .266 2005: .247 2006: .234 2007: .264 2008: .236 2009: .267 2010: .260 I know many here will say that OPS and OBP are the king stats by which hitters should be judged, but despite strong power numbers there were some fairly weak years there hitting for average, particularly 2003, 2006, and 2008. While Dunn only has logged 56 BB this year, his walk rate is actually declined from typical. Extrapolated over a full 650 AB season, he'd have about 96 walks which actually beats last year's 77 walks. However, it's a pretty big dip compared to 2004-2009 (where he'd have 110 BB per 650 ABs). If Dunn were only struggling with hitting, rather than both hitting and walking, I'd believe it were a physical problem. But as but SLG and OBP are far deflated, I think there's something to Guillen's analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Dunn is battling, showing resolve. I am really irked he has had such a bad year and it has aided the Sox failures this year, but the guy cares, is trying, is working. Considering we have a steamy pile of goo wearing #51, I'll take Dunn's refreshing stand-up attitude. Still, him ending up with fewer than 20 homers is mind boggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 The one thing I will miss about Ozzie is lines like the following: “When we play him at first base, he doesn’t hit, either,” Guillen said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 12:32 PM) The one thing I will miss about Ozzie is lines like the following: Yes I also like Ozzie's forthright honesty on things...and this is an example. However, how many games has Dunn actually played in the field? Probably not many and thus the sample size is so small that the argument Ozzie makes is not relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:53 AM) Nobody hates Dunn the person, seems like a nice guy, we hate that he got a huge contract and is producing what I basically could've given the White Sox at a much cheaper price. That's one of Kenny's weaknesses. He likes to abuse resources at the DH position. He probably could have gotten Thome for less with that trade. Thome's final year was with the Sox was $14M. (another reason why I hate the DH) Having him sign elsewhere was an ethical decision. It doesn't look good to sign the same player for about $10M less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) That's one of Kenny's weaknesses. He likes to abuse resources at the DH position. He probably could have gotten Thome for less with that trade. Thome's final year was with the Sox was $14M. (another reason why I hate the DH) Having him sign elsewhere was an ethical decision. It doesn't look good to sign the same player for about $10M less. Due to a handshake agreement with the Phillies, the White Sox likely paid 1/2 that number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan-kwman Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 With him & Rios it is like having two Bump Baileys on the team. It is a miracle that we have the record we have with these two guys playing the way we do. Heck even Manny hit .261 for the last couple of months last year. These guys are truly killing us. Sit them both, send Dunn to AAA. Don't they have DL stints for mental health too? Hindsight Police, should never get a National League player (AAA) & bring them to the American League. At least get a guy who has played in the American League before. Andruw Jones was so bad last year, but at least he still hit .200. Scotty Pods was the only one that actually helped our team after never playing in the AL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Add The Colbert Report to the people mocking Dunn. I had the volume turned down though, so I didn't hear the joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Sport Report - Baseball's Lowest Records, Gambling on Players & Stephen Controls MLB's Twitter Feed www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Has Dunn broken a bat all season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 02:58 PM) Has Dunn broken a bat all season? He hasn't even broken a sweat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 04:01 PM) He hasn't even broken a sweat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I dunno. He was ham hocking it around 2nd last week when they threw him out by 10 feet at 3rd on CQ's double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 He should continue hitting 4th. He's just so dangerous right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 10:12 AM) He should continue hitting 4th. He's just so dangerous right now. Other teams are game-planning around him. He strikes the fear and passion of a thousand dragons into the hearts of all his opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 QUOTE (soxfan-kwman @ Aug 3, 2011 -> 02:57 PM) Hindsight Police, should never get a National League player (AAA) & bring them to the American League. At least get a guy who has played in the American League before. Andruw Jones was so bad last year, but at least he still hit .200. Scotty Pods was the only one that actually helped our team after never playing in the AL. Adrian Gonzales says 'hi'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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