Re: Dunn wants to be a Cub?

[imb]

Anyone else find it curious that one year after ripping the awful condition of the OF at Wrigley, calling it full of craters and dangerous and so on, Dunn's begging to be a Cub.

 

I guess he must be a huge fan of the Sodfather.

 

or jesus is answering my prayers

 

if that's true, then why isn't color me badd back together yet

[Backtobanks]

Anyone else find it curious that one year after ripping the awful condition of the OF at Wrigley, calling it full of craters and dangerous and so on, Dunn's begging to be a Cub.

 

I guess he must be a huge fan of the Sodfather.

 

 

2 reasons:

1. The Cubs need a RF and they have money.

2. Dunn knows the secret to playing on the awful, dangerous, crater-full OF.......remain stationary and hope the ball is hit right at you.

[RedFlash]

if that's true, then why isn't color me badd back together yet

 

Who?

[TheDude]

Yeah, def sample size. There are bound to be certain parks that guys hit better in. That doesn't mean that trend is going to continue

I wasn't trying to start a debate over the merits or validity of park splits as a viable anchor for an argument. My point wasn't that I want Dunn because of analysis of his career numbers at Wrigley and a conclusion that those will be his numbers as a Cub. My point was that I understand why he would want to be a Cub based on those numbers. Players don't care about sample size and fan-biased perception of home town pitching (which, as has been pointed out already supports a case for the impressive numbers and doesn't hurt it as originally implied - Cubs pitching from 2001-2008 overall was clearly better than league average and NL top 4 five of those years (2001,2003,2004,2007,2008)).

 

All that matters to the player is how comfortable he feels playing in certain ballparks. We see 217 ABs career as a small sample. Adam Dunn reflects on 8 years of pro career hitting well at Wrigley. It's about perspective. It's pretty clear from both career numbers and attitude/commentary that Dunn likes hitting at Wrigley and I would speculate that he believes he could put up good numbers by his own standard while having a shot at the WS as a Cub.

[MPC]

Anyone else find it curious that one year after ripping the awful condition of the OF at Wrigley, calling it full of craters and dangerous and so on, Dunn's begging to be a Cub.

 

I guess he must be a huge fan of the Sodfather.

 

or jesus is answering my prayers

 

if that's true, then why isn't color me badd back together yet

lulz. i want to sex you up.

[C.C.]

That extra "D" really drives home their badassary.

[the splendid splinter]

New rumor with Dunn has him going to Toronto, after making up with his new buddy JP Ricciardi.

[soonercub]

I think Dunn will end up being the Angels DH.

[nilodnayr]

I think Dunn will end up being the Angels DH.

 

Hes just about the most anti-Angel guy you'll find. High contact, low walk rate, situational hitting, sacrifices, all hustle...thats Dunn to a T, right?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I think Dunn will end up being the Angels DH.

 

Hes just about the most anti-Angel guy you'll find. High contact, low walk rate, situational hitting, sacrifices, all hustle...thats Dunn to a T, right?

 

Latino too.

[SweetZombieJesus]

I think Dunn will end up being the Angels DH.

 

Hes just about the most anti-Angel guy you'll find. High contact, low walk rate, situational hitting, sacrifices, all hustle...thats Dunn to a T, right?

 

Latino too.

 

wait Dunn to the mets?

 

Let the knashing of teeth begin

[Gingerballs Lives]

After listening to the whole interview, I'm not confident that the Cubs will add any of the big name free agents for RF. He hinted over and over again that the ownership situation was going to prevent any significant moves.

 

 

See, this pisses me off.

 

How long does it take to sell a baseball team? This has been going on for almost 2 years now. I'm sick of it, sell the team.

 

It has taken longer to sell the Cubs than to elect the President of the United States. Ridiculous. I'm tired of hearing about this story.

[RammyFanny]

Charlie Slowes, radio play-by-play for the Washington Nationals, joined Ed Randall on Tuesday night. Slowes discussed the options for the Nationals in the wake of the Mark Teixeira decision. Slowes mentioned Adam Dunn as a possibility for the Nationals and casually stated that he heard the Cubs were interested in Dunn.

 

Take this for what it is....a rumor.

http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2008/12/rumorsnews1224.php#more

[inari]

Dunn would be a dream come true. I'd prefer him to anyone else mentioned this offseason, even Peavy.

[DiamondMind]

Dunn has also drawn interest from the Cubs, Nationals, Mariners and Orioles. But adding the Dodgers to that mix gives him another contender to consider. The Cubs were believed to be his top choice before the Dodgers entered the mix.

[Derwood]

Dunn has also drawn interest from the Cubs, Nationals, Mariners and Orioles. But adding the Dodgers to that mix gives him another contender to consider. The Cubs were believed to be his top choice before the Dodgers entered the mix.

 

yeah, he wants to be a Cub, but the Cubs apparently have shown little interest

[RynoRules]

Dunn has also drawn interest from the Cubs, Nationals, Mariners and Orioles. But adding the Dodgers to that mix gives him another contender to consider. The Cubs were believed to be his top choice before the Dodgers entered the mix.

 

yeah, he wants to be a Cub, but the Cubs apparently have shown little interest

 

How on Earth did you come to that conclusion on the basis of the blurb you quoted? Honestly, man....

[Schwarber Fan]

A baseball source confirmed the ESPN.com report that the Dodgers recently contacted the agent for Dunn and added that the club also has Abreu on the radar.

 

The Cubs, Nationals, Mariners and Orioles are also interested in Dunn but with the Dodgers it makes another contender to consider.

 

http://mets.scout.com/a.z?s=228&p=2&c=825481

[Derwood]

Dunn has also drawn interest from the Cubs, Nationals, Mariners and Orioles. But adding the Dodgers to that mix gives him another contender to consider. The Cubs were believed to be his top choice before the Dodgers entered the mix.

 

yeah, he wants to be a Cub, but the Cubs apparently have shown little interest

 

How on Earth did you come to that conclusion on the basis of the blurb you quoted? Honestly, man....

 

are you asking me? if so, it's not based on that quoted blurb, but on other sources I've read.

[jersey cubs fan]

Dunn has also drawn interest from the Cubs, Nationals, Mariners and Orioles. But adding the Dodgers to that mix gives him another contender to consider. The Cubs were believed to be his top choice before the Dodgers entered the mix.

 

yeah, he wants to be a Cub, but the Cubs apparently have shown little interest

 

How on Earth did you come to that conclusion on the basis of the blurb you quoted? Honestly, man....

 

I'm guessing he didn't base every word he wrote in that post on that single source of information.