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Adam Dunn, Running Update |
 Jun 9 2007, 04:55 PM
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QUOTE(Metsfan980 @ Jun 9 2007, 12:42 PM) [snapback]363970[/snapback] I really think he is LA bound this season. I can't see them sticking with Ethier/Kemp (who they just recalled this morning) all season long. And they need a power bat in that lineup. Besides that, nobody else really makes sense... unless the Astros believe that they can still win it this year... kemp could be that bat, he mashed last year when the dodgers actually let him play ... -------------------- The New York Mets: "Keepin it Gangsta since 2008"
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Jul 2 2008, 03:02 PM
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http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/56071
"While it's early on in the trade deadline season, there are no teams showing interest yet in Reds power hitting left fielder Adam Dunn. Despite Dunn's strong OPS and home run totals, no AL teams currently have a need for him as a DH and NL clubs are likely turned off by his defense." |
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Jul 3 2008, 12:28 PM
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He's no Henry Ewart, but the Mets could use him !
(inside OOTP joke.) 
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Jul 3 2008, 02:08 PM
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the mets combined ops out of left field this year is something like .003, the mets should be all over adam dunn.
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 - "Mr. Jeff Wilpon has decided that he’s going to learn how to run a baseball team and take over at the end of the year… Run for the hills, boys. I think probably all those baseball people will bail… Jeff sits there by himself like he’s King Tut waiting for his camel.” - Nelson Doubleday - "In today's regulatory environment, it's virtually impossible to violate rules." - Bernard Madoff, 10/20/07 The Washington Post decided not to cover Ralph Nader's presidential campaign because he had no chance of winning. Nader's response: "Then why are you covering the Nationals?" - Asked by the Post about the younger Wilpon's job performance, Fred Wilpon said: "Excellent. Everybody knows ...that." - "The word 'autonomy' is sometimes misused." - Jeff Wilpon - [Jeff Wilpon's] role in management, according to one official who worked for him, "is to act as president and CEO of second-guessing." - "I always want Mets fans on my juries," said one noted defense attorney friend, a rabid Yankees fan. "They love losers, even three-time losers like some of my clients. And if Mets fans believe anything the Mets front office says, I can convince them to acquit anybody." - Denis Hamill - I got a call the other day. They noted I had been a long term season ticket holder and asked if I was interested. I immediately exclaimed "I'm so sorry for the Wilpon Family". He asked what I meant. I told the guy if he looked in my file, he'd see a note to call me after both Fred and Jeff dropped dead, and not a day before. - Meanballer |
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Jul 3 2008, 02:47 PM
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QUOTE (Cactus @ Jul 3 2008, 02:08 PM)  the mets combined ops out of left field this year is something like .003, the mets should be all over adam dunn. he would be a great addition. -------------------- www.fmft.net/Kool-AidMan.jpg
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Jul 7 2008, 03:49 PM
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I would like to thank Dave for bumping this thread up last week, as we no longer have to see the game threads from last September on the top of the archive forum.
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Jul 8 2008, 09:30 AM
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I found it funny that most of baseball seems to agree with metsextra.
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Jul 8 2008, 12:05 PM
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QUOTE (imdave0182 @ Jul 8 2008, 10:30 AM) I found it funny that most of baseball seems to agree with metsextra. 
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Jul 18 2008, 03:07 PM
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This was the most frustrating topic ever to read.
"Post stats if you want to argue." "Ok, try Dunn's 1.100 OPS" "Dunn isn't a producer, he bats .215. Miguel Tejada, now he's a producer, he gets an RBI almost every game." "Thats because he has people to drive in, Dunn doesn't." *Ignores post, one week goes by* "Wow Dunn is HORRIBLE!" |
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Jul 18 2008, 05:19 PM
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The bottom line is Adam Dunn does exactly what you expect of him he strikes out a lot but he also hits 40 Home Runs a year and drives in a 100 runs per year I'd take him any day of the week, I think he's one of the most underrated players in baseball. Not to mention the guys on pace to have close to 600 home runs by the end of his career.
He's hit 238 Homeruns in his last 7 seasons which is an average of 34 HR a year in 2001 he hit 19 HR in just 66 games in 2002 he must of had an off year because he hit just 27 HR in 158 games in 2003 he hit 27 HR in 116 games in 2004 he hit 46 HR in 161 games in 2005 he hit 40 HR in 160 games in 2006 he hit 40 HR in 160 games in 2007 he hit 40 HR in 158 games and up to date in 2008 he's hit 27 HR and we've just got back from all star break so he will most likely hit 40 or more HR's If he continued at this pace of 40 HR's a year for the next 10 years and he's 28 now he would have around 600 HR's. And the Record for being struck out the most times in a career is held by Reggie Jackson with 2,597. Is he a bad player ? STRIKEOUTS SO 1 Reggie Jackson 2597 2 Sammy Sosa 2194 3 Andres Galarraga 2003 4 Jose Canseco 1942 5 Willie Stargell 1936 6 Mike Schmidt 1883 7 Fred McGriff 1882 8 Tony Perez 1867 9 Dave Kingman 1816 10 Jim Thome 1765 11 Bobby Bonds 1757 12 Dale Murphy 1748 13 Lou Brock 1730 14 Mickey Mantle 1710 15 Harmon Killebrew 1699 16 Chili Davis 1698 17 Dwight Evans 1697 18 Rickey Henderson 1694 19 Dave Winfield 1686 20 Gary Gaetti 1602 21 Mark McGwire 1596 22 Lee May 1570 23 Craig Biggio 1560 24 Jeff Bagwell 1558 25 Dick Allen 1556 T26 Ray Lankford 1550 T26 Willie McCovey 1550 28 Dave Parker 1537 29 Frank Robinson 1532 30 Lance Parrish 1527 T31 Willie Mays 1526 T31 Devon White 1526 33 Reggie Sanders 1521 34 Eddie Murray 1516 T35 Rick Monday 1513 T35 Greg Vaughn 1513 37 Andre Dawson 1509 --------------------  |
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Jul 19 2008, 06:00 PM
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i dont get what the big deal is. he's got a career 380 obp and 520 slg, thats a 900 ops. he just trades a bunch of popups and groundouts for strikeouts, and trades a bunch of singles for walks.
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Jul 30 2008, 09:24 AM
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Looking at that list, its pretty incredible that Mays had more than a 1000 fewer strikeouts than Reggie Jackson and finished with 660 homeruns.
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Aug 29 2008, 03:31 PM
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QUOTE (younghem @ Jul 30 2008, 10:24 AM) Looking at that list, its pretty incredible that Mays had more than a 1000 fewer strikeouts than Reggie Jackson and finished with 660 homeruns. Which is what makes Mayes the greatest living ballplayer, and maybe the best to ever play the game. -------------------- Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
Sir Winston Churchill I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. Thomas Jefferson To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. George Washington May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right. John Quincy Adams Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? Abraham Lincoln To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore roosevelt |
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Sep 1 2008, 08:53 PM
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QUOTE (BruceWayne @ Aug 29 2008, 03:31 PM) Which is what makes Mayes the greatest living ballplayer, and maybe the best to ever play the game. Eh, Barry Bonds does only have like 13 more strikeouts in 1000 less at bats. |
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Sep 1 2008, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE (BruceWayne @ Aug 29 2008, 04:31 PM) Which is what makes Mayes the greatest living ballplayer, and maybe the best to ever play the game. Bonds is the greatest living ballplayer. |
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Sep 2 2008, 09:19 AM
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I'd go with Willie as the best any day.
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Sep 2 2008, 11:58 AM
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QUOTE (Lostmet @ Sep 2 2008, 09:19 AM) I'd go with Willie as the best any day. I have to believe that Bonds without steroids would not have come close to his godfather. JMO. -------------------- www.fmft.net/Kool-AidMan.jpg
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Sep 2 2008, 03:12 PM
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QUOTE (metscat @ Sep 2 2008, 11:58 AM) I have to believe that Bonds without steroids would not have come close to his godfather. JMO. Yeah, but he did do steroids. They can keep him out of the Hall, they can vilify him, but he carried a mediocre franchise into contention year after year, and all those Giants' wins still count. |
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Sep 9 2008, 02:49 PM
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QUOTE (ils4O1 @ Sep 2 2008, 04:12 PM) Yeah, but he did do steroids. They can keep him out of the Hall, they can vilify him, but he carried a mediocre franchise into contention year after year, and all those Giants' wins still count. Just saw this, and totally agree. MLB allowed it to happen, steroids changed the game. Justthinking "what if". Can you imagine what Mays would have accomplished with the same stuff his lil godchild was on? -------------------- www.fmft.net/Kool-AidMan.jpg
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Sep 9 2008, 10:26 PM
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QUOTE (metscat @ Sep 9 2008, 02:49 PM) Just saw this, and totally agree. MLB allowed it to happen, steroids changed the game. Justthinking "what if". Can you imagine what Mays would have accomplished with the same stuff his lil godchild was on? not too much more i'd think because you have to remember, his peers would have definitely been on it as well. --------------------  The Best of the Best At What They Do Billy Joel ~ And remember, don't take any **** from anyone! Check out my blog: http://metstats.wordpress.com Check out my Amazon store for books and video and other items: www.amazon.com/shops/mr_pavlov |
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Sep 23 2009, 04:35 PM
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So do you think we still have a shot at getting Dunn?
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