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
pitches throw
He's got so many pitches he can throw for strikes,
stuff year
He has this big generator he's started once a year for like 20 years just for stuff like this,
instructor lifted time
The instructor was pretty nice. We just goofed off the whole time and lifted weights.
confidence
He has his confidence back and it showed tonight.
pitch plate standing
I'm standing at the plate thinking, Where are my hands? Where's this, where's that? Before I know it, the pitch is there and I'm completely out of rhythm.
assume average baseball hit hitting home life people runs tried until
People assume I can't hit for average. I've hit for average all my life, until I got up here. It's not because I can't. It's because people have tried to get me to hit more homers. I'll hit even more home runs when I'm hitting the way I can.
couple emotional saw
The first couple of times you saw him in the spring, that was the emotional time. It's probably going to be more emotional for the fans.
couple
It was pretty bad. A couple of them I just misjudged. I'm not going to make excuses.
display wish
I wish we had put on a better display for him.
knew
I knew they were going to get it right.
fool realist
I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.
face stuff team teams
We can put up runs. We're a team I don't think a lot of teams want to face with stuff on the line.
bass bracelet gold series vegas win
To win a gold bracelet in Vegas at the World Series of Poker. Or to become a professional bass fisherman.
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.