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09-17-2007, 05:11 PM
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100 Players You Love to Hate
Adam Dunn shows up in the "Wish you were someone else" division. The article is currently on ESPN's front page.
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09-17-2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
I don't live in Cincinnati. Is this anywhere near being true or a huge exaggeration?
I'm thinking Dunn doesn't belong in that group.
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09-17-2007, 05:29 PM
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Tired of talk. Win!
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
Depends. A lot of the radio guys do say those kind of things yes. Some of the news paper guys are coming around.
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09-17-2007, 05:33 PM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
The very few people I know in the area think he's useless. I think they're still waiting for the reemergence of Chris Stynes and Alex Ochoa.
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09-17-2007, 05:33 PM
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I *think* I remember Fey saying it receintly too. Dunn's excellent August and strong September (combined with a BA in the .260 area, right or wrong) has done a lot to quiet down those screaming for him to be axed. Frankly, lots of people complain about Dunn because (1) he's an easy target (2) it's one of the few names on the team they actually recognize. I'm talking about casual fans.
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09-17-2007, 05:38 PM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
Seems that the jungle drums calling for Dunn's head have lessened as of late. I don't know if Marty was told to cool it or what.
It was pretty bad earlier this season (and seasons past).
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09-17-2007, 05:47 PM
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The Lineups stink.
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09-17-2007, 08:39 PM
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09-17-2007, 09:18 PM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
And Jeter isn't even on there... hmmm....
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09-18-2007, 05:09 AM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
Don't see how Adam could make a list of players you love to hate. I figure that list would be primarily comprised of players who are jerks and have character issues regardless of their numbers/performance.
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09-18-2007, 06:28 AM
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How about a list of ignorant "hatchet-wielding broadcasters"?
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09-18-2007, 09:01 AM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
Regarding Dunn, I actually think Cunningham going crazy on Dunn did a world of good. I'm guessing it may have been a wake-up call to the likes of Marty that they were stirring up a lot of hate for a very good baseball player.
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09-18-2007, 09:30 AM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
The list was kind of odd but it seemed like a list of players their own fans love to hate which wasn't made clear from reading the explanation. Otherwise why wouldn't Bonds or Jeter be on there? A lot of these guys - especially the QBs - don't exactly make the other teams' fans bring the torchs and pitchforks. Ryan Leaf? I think there are some articles which seemed like a good idea at the time but in the end shouldn't have been written at all, This was one of them.
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09-18-2007, 10:28 AM
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Re: 100 Players You Love to Hate
The list was meant as players who the teams own fans like to hate, that's why there was a special Yankees, Mets, and Phillies division of the list.
And yes, Cincinnati fans seem to hate Adam more than any other fans, well except for Bob Wickman's family, I bet they hate Adam Dunn the most.
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