Riccardi on Dunn

Ouch.

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Bizarre.

by fleerdon on Jun 19, 2008 2:04 PM EDT 0 recs

I know a handful of Cincy fans (my brother being one) and they HATE Adam Dunn. They can’t wait to unload him.

It’s kind of strange and funny how some players never endear themselves to fans, despite what they might produce on the field.

by Toxicadam on Jun 19, 2008 2:06 PM EDT 0 recs

Maybe its because they don’t really see what he’s producing. The art of taking walks is still a dismissed ability by the casual fan. they want batting avg. and not striking out. The fact that most power hitters also strike out alot escapes them.

by hans on Jun 19, 2008 6:06 PM EDT up 0 recs

“I ain’t in that”? Way to defend your guy, Dusty.

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2008 2:16 PM EDT 0 recs

no lie

by Brick. on Jun 19, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up 0 recs

”... I’m not converting my dollars to loonies and toonies just yet.”

by Brick. on Jun 19, 2008 2:32 PM EDT 0 recs

Yeah. I had to laugh, but I don’t know what it means.

by ken from alexandria on Jun 19, 2008 5:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

A loon is on the back of the 1 dollar Canadian coin. I guess that toonie refers to the two dollar coin. Is my inference correct, Mario?

by jhon on Jun 19, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

This is all very correct.

by supermarioelia on Jun 19, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up 0 recs

Thanks, guys. It really is pretty funny.

by ken from alexandria on Jun 19, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

I just want to say we call our money dollars Mr. Dunn. The coin is called a loonie, but it’s value is a dollar. (I.E. I would say “I need a dollar” not “I need a loonie”)

by MapleLeafsFan on Jun 22, 2008 5:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

Easy there, Captain Canuck.

by supermarioelia on Jun 22, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

J.P. is a pimp. Or so we’ve been told.

Actually, he had a Q&A at our school once. I asked him about Phelps, and he told us that this guy was just not tough enough.

by dgcambridge on Jun 19, 2008 2:34 PM EDT 0 recs

Says Riccardi:

“He’s a lifetime .230, .240 hitter that strikes out a ton and hits home runs. Do you know that the guy really doesn’t like baseball all that much?”

That dude is totally getting fired this season.

by Pronk33 on Jun 19, 2008 2:51 PM EDT 0 recs

Riccardi also claims that Dunn kicks puppy dogs when they’re in his way on the sidewalk.

You know Selig? Ombudsman.

by rolub on Jun 19, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up 0 recs

No he’s not

by MapleLeafsFan on Jun 22, 2008 5:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

BAHAHA I never thought that I’d see this username here.

No clue why/if you’re defending JP here. If so, you’re a one in a million Jays fan.

by supermarioelia on Jun 22, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

maybe it’s JP

by Gradyforpresident on Jun 23, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

If I had to bet on it even money, I’d bet he’s getting fired.

by Jay on Jun 24, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up 0 recs

.230, .240 hitter? That’s pretty good. Tribe could use some of that.

by odradek on Jun 19, 2008 3:03 PM EDT 0 recs

As well as a guy who has hit more than 40 home runs each of the last four years and will most likely do so again this year.

by JesseAK on Jun 19, 2008 3:10 PM EDT up 0 recs

This, my friends, is a man who somehow gained a reputation for being baseball-saavy just by virtue of working in Oakland. Their whole organization is a joke, starting with Paul “Teen Wolf” Godfrey.

by supermarioelia on Jun 19, 2008 3:31 PM EDT 0 recs

what actor does he look like? I can picture him (although younger), but his name and the movies he has been in escape me. Anyone…

by APV on Jun 19, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up 0 recs

Fisher Stevens

by Brick. on Jun 19, 2008 4:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

Bingo. Thanks. That was driving me crazy.

by APV on Jun 19, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up 0 recs

You may know him, simply as The Plague

by Brick. on Jun 19, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Ricciardi seems to get a pass because he was one of the first “Moneyball” GM’s to get hired. The Blue Jays have a decent budget but have never been a legitimate threat to the Sox or Yankees during his tenure. To me, just because one is sabermetrically inclined does not make a successful general manager. Keith Law has been open about his decision to leave the Jays organization and it seems like it stemmed from a difference of opinion with JP.

by Roger Dorn on Jun 19, 2008 4:01 PM EDT 0 recs