Adam Dunn
Adam Dunn
Adam Troy Dunn, nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals, Chicago White Sox, and Oakland Athletics. He is a two-time MLB All-Star...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 November 1979
CityHouston, TX
ball behind fun guy quick throw works
He's going to throw a lot of strikes, and you know they'll usually put the ball in play. It's fun to play behind a guy that works quick like that.
best fortunate great hear inner learn people stuff
He was around every day. You hear all this stuff about him, but he's one of the best people I've ever met. If you're fortunate to be in his inner circle, it's great because you learn a lot about him.
confidence
He has his confidence back and it showed tonight.
area football people room small talked team weight work
He used to come into the weight room with about 35 of his people and work out. We talked about the football team and how I was doing and if I still live in the (Houston) area where I lived. It was small talk.
hit knew looked
He hit it and kind of looked like he knew what he was doing.
stuff year
He has this big generator he's started once a year for like 20 years just for stuff like this,
game happens mind possible pressure runs score takes
Our mind set for each game is to score as many runs as possible in any way we can. It just so happens we're getting them early. It takes a lot of pressure off our pitchers.
instructor lifted time
The instructor was pretty nice. We just goofed off the whole time and lifted weights.
board coming committed hope ownership seems
I hope so. I didn't think it was going to be like that for a while. But with new ownership coming in and it seems like they're committed to not just competing, but winning, I'm on board for that.
goes understand
I didn't understand what I was doing. I just think it was one of those things that everyone goes through.
guys normal people seem sit talk wait
I can't wait to sit down and talk to them. They seem like people I can talk to. You know how it is with people in that position, but these guys seem as normal as can be.
pitches throw
He's got so many pitches he can throw for strikes,
depth gets glad looks perception playing stadiums thrown
I'm not making excuses, but I'm glad to be out of that place. It's big. Your depth perception gets thrown off. You're not used to playing in closed-in stadiums anymore. It looks like the ball's going 60 mph, then it's right on you. It's weird.
glad hanging head obviously spring worked
I obviously didn't want to go to arbitration, didn't want to have something like arbitration hanging over my head for the spring and the year. I'm glad everything worked out.