Thursday, May 18, 2006

Adam Dunn is dead to me

Reds down 6-3. Bases loaded. One out. Adam Dunn at the plate.

first pitch - takes for strike one

second pitch - grounds into inning-ending double play 3-6-1

I cannot watch Adam Dunn at the plate anymore. He takes too many good pitches right down the middle. Then he will swing at a low-and-away breaking ball that he could not hit with a canoe oar. His play in the outfield and at first base is tragic. He is a lumbering oaf. His swing is too long. He has 99 HRs since the beginning of the 2004 season with only 229 RBI. That is absurd. He is batting .179 with runners in scoring position. He is a terrible clutch hitter.

He walks a lot. So what? He is a power hitter and his job is to drive in runs. He is the king of hitting meaningless, solo home runs. Good pitchers can get him out every time. He has hit a total of 4 sacrifice flies since 2004 which is unfathomable. He cannot get in a man from third with less than 2 outs when the Reds really need it. He is a big, fat strike out in the middle of the lineup and I cannot take it anymore.

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