I see we've had a surge of ripping him and calling him fat and lazy posts.

I see we've had a surge of ripping him and calling him fat and lazy posts.

 

I can only speak for myself, but I don't discriminate. If I can tear JP to shreds. I can do the same to Dunn.

How many players dont do baseball related activities in the offseason?

1?

 

1?

So you dont know? I figured since you thought it was ludicrous that you were an offseason training expert. I guess all his offseasons in past years were flukes.

Doesn't he have to start hitting eventually? I haven't been hard on the guy and have felt bad for him getting booed, but enough already. START HITTING, DUNN!!!!

So you dont know? I figured since you thought it was ludicrous that you were an offseason training expert. I guess all his offseasons in past years were flukes.

Please. I can't even summon the words to respond to your post.

Edited June 22, 201114 yr by maggsmaggs

Please. I can't even summon the words to respond to your post.

Because you have no response. You probably didnt even take the 5 seconds it takes to look up what the guy does in the offseason, which is probably more than 99 percent of the people on this board. But instead its "he sits around and eats cinnabons."

 

I know of several pitchers that dont pick up a ball during the offseason, and some start throwing just a few weeks before ST. Each player is different and its clear with his ridiculously consistent performance over his career that his offseason routine has been good for him.

From when, from when we never watched the guy consistently? I sat 15 feet from the field a few games ago, the guy doesnt look physically out of shape at all, nor does it look like his swing is slow. It looks like he is either cheating on a pitch, or not recognizing it quick enough. Completely 100% mental.

 

I agree.. Everytime ive seen him his bat speed hasnt looked slow..

I find it incredibly unlikely that a guy who has been so good, consistently, for so long, having dropped off a cliff, will not find his way back. Its just a matter of when, and damn I hope its soon. This team is a hot week away from being right at the top of the division, and having old school Dunn to go with TCQ and PK14 would go a long way towards that.

 

Because you have no response. You probably didnt even take the 5 seconds it takes to look up what the guy does in the offseason, which is probably more than 99 percent of the people on this board. But instead its "he sits around and eats cinnabons."

 

I know of several pitchers that dont pick up a ball during the offseason, and some start throwing just a few weeks before ST. Each player is different and its clear with his ridiculously consistent performance over his career that his offseason routine has been good for him.

I forgot, you are smarter than everyone else. My bad.

Soriano defends Adam Dunn by calling Chicago fans "The worst".

Likely source, huh? Dude has a contract that implies his OPS is going to be about 150 points higher a season with defense that doesn't look like an adventure every time the ball goes his way. So yeah, those times where he was terrible for extended periods of time, it's not surprising at all that Cubs fans were booing him

Edited June 23, 201114 yr by lostfan

Because you have no response. You probably didnt even take the 5 seconds it takes to look up what the guy does in the offseason, which is probably more than 99 percent of the people on this board. But instead its "he sits around and eats cinnabons."

 

I know of several pitchers that dont pick up a ball during the offseason, and some start throwing just a few weeks before ST. Each player is different and its clear with his ridiculously consistent performance over his career that his offseason routine has been good for him.

 

Buehrle was one of them until two years ago.

From when, from when we never watched the guy consistently? I sat 15 feet from the field a few games ago, the guy doesnt look physically out of shape at all, nor does it look like his swing is slow. It looks like he is either cheating on a pitch, or not recognizing it quick enough. Completely 100% mental.

I live in Columbus, Ohio and have followed Dunn since he was with the Reds. There is no doubt this is the heaviest I have seen him. I have no problem with him not swinging a bat in the off season but it LOOKS like he did very little to keep himself in shape physically. On TV the other day they showed his monster homerun for the Nats and even in that video he looked noticeably in better shape. It's a good thing he's wearing a baggy uniform this year or we'd see how "in shape" he is. I'd be willing to bet he's not a pound under 310. I say all this and I like Dunn but the guy probably needs to adjust his off season routine as he gets older. We all tend to gain weight with age.