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
baseball natural bigs
I hope baseball doesn't get to the point where everyone's saying, 'He takes it [steroids]. He takes it. He takes it!' because not all of us do. I've been big my whole life, and I'll always be big. That's all natural.
moving cities guy
I'm a small-town guy, and moving to a huge city might be an adjustment.
fool realist
I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.
perfect people mets
Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.
baseball fun play
I have fun. I always have fun. I don't really get in a hurry about anything. I just try to go with the flow and have fun, and that's how I try to play baseball.
against balance behind blowing everybody keeps seems today wind
What he did today with the wind blowing out here and against that lineup, that's pretty incredible. He keeps everybody off balance and it seems like we play really well behind him.
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.
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,
good healthy hopefully stay
If we're healthy we're as good as anyone. Hopefully we stay that way.
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.
confidence
He has his confidence back and it showed tonight.
bit coming definitely playing reason since
Since the All-Star game, we've been playing a little bit better. That's definitely a big reason why he's coming back.
chance happen since time winning
Since I've been here, it doesn't happen very often. You go out there and know every time he's on the mound, you know what you're going to get. We know if we score, we've got a chance of winning that game.