Not an alter ego, just somebody who has enough extra time on his hands to think a problem through to a logical conclusion.Originally Posted by Ricardo Cabesa
Not an alter ego, just somebody who has enough extra time on his hands to think a problem through to a logical conclusion.Originally Posted by Ricardo Cabesa
i dont want this to sound like a dunn bash because i like the guy but he should not be in the top 3 for batting. He takes a lot of pitches but he cannot in my opinion 'work the count'. He cannot intentionally foul off boarderline pitches nor does he have an effortless two strike swing. He always seems to get schooled against a pitcher that knows what he's doing. If he can put the ball in play more and cut the k total then im for it. But to say that his high obp offsets his high K total doesn't seem quite right.
The Rodney Dangerfield of players.
Code:CINCINNATI REDS SEASON MODERN (1900-) EXTRA BASE HITS >= 70 RUNS >= 90 RBI >= 100 RUNS CREATED/GAME vs. the league average displayed only--not a sorting criteria RCAA displayed only--not a sorting criteria AGE YEAR AGE EBH R RBI RC/G RCAA 1 Johnny Bench 1970 22 84 97 148 2.24 35 2 Frank Robinson 1959 23 71 106 125 3.20 44 T3 Gus Bell 1953 24 72 102 105 1.37 22 T3 Adam Dunn 2004 24 80 105 102 2.92 52 T3 Vada Pinson 1963 24 73 96 106 2.28 37 T6 Wally Post 1955 25 76 116 109 2.71 39 T6 Frank Robinson 1961 25 76 117 124 4.39 62 T8 Johnny Bench 1974 26 73 108 129 2.09 38 T8 Frank Robinson 1962 26 92 134 136 5.19 82 10 Tony Perez 1969 27 70 103 122 2.01 36
wow this is a beautiful thing...
finally hearing some other people chime in with a more realistic/objective appraisal of where dunners is as a player right now.
pleasure to make your acquaintances.............
Conservatism Bias and Confirmatory Bias:
Once we form opinions, we tend to overvalue information that reinforces them and undervalue information that undermines them (conservatism bias). We even tend to seek out supporting information (confirmatory bias). Thus, we irrationally cling to incorrect conclusions, and, to paraphrase Simon and Garfunkel, hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest.
or sometimes we say alot and don't say anything orOriginally Posted by Ricardo Cabesa
take ~60 words to say what could be said in 10.
oops sorry Ricardo Cabesa, I'm so used to being bashed over here I think I was being paranoid. Perhaps referring to westofyou post? Of course, if you were referring to me, I take back apology.Originally Posted by Ricardo Cabesa
Yeah... I'm the confused one here.
Thanks for pointing that out.
ha ha...i think he may have been hammering you for your table of rodney dangerfield players...Originally Posted by westofyou
<nice herzog quote too>
Based on Mr Cabesa's previous posts in this thread, I really don't think he was hammering woy. Just my observation.Originally Posted by BadFundamentals
nah...Cabesa is agreeing with RedsRule (his words "nailed it")...and poking fun at guy who said Dunn should not bat 2nd (Larry Cable Guy comment) . Cabesa seems to be on board with some of us who are not ready to hand over the keys to the city to dunners.Originally Posted by BRM
woy, on the other hand wants to bat Dunn 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th.
Ok so what would your lineup look like? I think I would go with:
D'Lo
Casey
Grif
Dunn
Kearns
Randa
Larue
Lopez
Pitcher
Would love to be able to place Freel at the top, but where do you realistically place him in the field?
When I first read the title of the thread I thought it was a dumb idea, but you made some really good points. I dont see a problem with at least giving it a shot. Actually I think that makes the line-up much better and hope they give it a shot. I would never hit him 3rd, I think the 3 spot should be for the best hitter on the team no matter what. So Casey has that spot again this year.
But if he changes his swing and starts trying ot be a contact hitter, then he won't be as good. He's a power hitter, not a contact guy. A lot of his success comes from swinging hard and driving the ball. He is the Reds' best hitter, it doesn't make sense to move him down in the order and limit the number of at bats (as WOY said earlier).Originally Posted by hatcher
How about this?Originally Posted by Ryan the Reds Fan
Freel Nation (2B)
Dunners
the mayor
griff/kearns or pena
griff/kearns or pena
D-Lo (playing SS)
Randa (playing 3B)
Jason (at times a little scarier than Jason)
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