J.P. Riccardi and Adam Dunn

[Vanilla Ice]

I don't care if Adam Dunn hates baseball, life, himself, me or my family. If he ever wound up on the Cubs and put up a .900 OPS with 40 HR and 100+ walks and RBI's I'd let him take a crap on my car

If he did that and helped us win the WS, I'd let him take one IN my car.

the real question is

 

would you let him take one on YOU?

[RynoRules]

I don't care if Adam Dunn hates baseball, life, himself, me or my family. If he ever wound up on the Cubs and put up a .900 OPS with 40 HR and 100+ walks and RBI's I'd let him take a crap on my car

If he did that and helped us win the WS, I'd let him take one IN my car.

the real question is

 

would you let him take one on YOU?

 

Yes, if he makes good on all of the above conditions plus gets a baseball for me signed by every single member of the 2008 Cubs, including all players and the coaching staff.

 

Where do I sign?

[Jehrico]

I don't care if Adam Dunn hates baseball, life, himself, me or my family. If he ever wound up on the Cubs and put up a .900 OPS with 40 HR and 100+ walks and RBI's I'd let him take a crap on my car

If he did that and helped us win the WS, I'd let him take one IN my car.

the real question is

 

would you let him take one on YOU?

No, but only because RynoRules already signed up for it. :lol:

[davearm2]

Would you say it's fair to be concerned that a guy you believe lacks passion for baseball might become the type of minimal-effort, negative influence that these coaches allege Sexson and Beltre and Bedard have become in Seattle?

 

I sure think that's a fair concern.

Might become? This is Dunn's 8th season in the big leagues. I don't think Ricardi felt the need to rip Dunn for not having a passion for baseball because at some point in the future, the guy who has been in the big leagues for 8 years and on some pretty crappy teams might begin to set a poor example for younger players.

 

If Ricardi thought that was an issue, he probably would've said it. Nowhere did he say that Dunn didn't prepare for games properly or wasn't a good teammate. All he said was that he lacked passion.

It seems clear that Ricciardi had more to say on this topic, but suddenly showed enough sense to shut his piehole (reference his final comment about not wanting to get into specifics or whatever).

 

Regardless, if Ricciardi felt that Dunn's lacking passion for baseball was a nonissue, like you're making it out to be, then this whole exchange would've never happened.

 

Perhaps you're right, and it truly is a nonissue. Obviously Ricciardi disagrees.