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.204 BA, but also 41 HR.
Discuss the most polarizing player in my Reds history.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201....ap/index.html
.204 BA, but also 41 HR.
Discuss the most polarizing player in my Reds history.
sorry we're boring
I'm surprised his teammate Alex Rios didn't win it.
Congrats to The Big Donkey.
Pronounced dead before his time.
Probably the worst batting average ever for anyone who won the award.
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
I heard that some outfit gave it to Fernando Rodney, which I found puzzling because he didn't really "come back" as much as "come."
The .204 batting average doesn't mean much of anything, but the .333 OBP suggests that he hasn't really come back to where he was even in 2010. I always hated the Dave Kingman comparisons but if he doesn't start getting on base again, those comparisons will become fair.
Stick to your guns.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Dunn's 2012 might be the worst 40 HR season in history.....
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
I would rather have him still in a reds uni than Stubbs ANYDAY.
I can spell,I just can't type!!
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Congrats Adam! Nice job this season.
Some people like to focus on stats like Batting Average and Strikeouts.
Some people like to focus on his .800 OPS, 41 Home Runs, 96 RBIs and 87 Runs Scored.
Adam Dunn has 400 Home Runs, 1000 RBIs and 1000 Runs Scored at the age of 32. That is a rare breed of hitter.
The guy is a solid hitter. He is not a superstar like Albert Pujols or Joey Votto -- never was and never will be. Too many people have held that against him. He has been a very productive hitter in unconventional ways. Some people just don't want to give him credit for his production because they don't like the way he does it. Production is production no matter how you get it done. Adam Dunn simply puts runs on the scoreboard for his team despite his AVG and Ks.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
At the complete other end of the BA/HR spectrum, I think I would have given it to Mauer.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
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