Comments on: White Sox GM on signing Adam Dunn for $56 million: “I would make the same move tomorrow” http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155861 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:10:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155861 What’s Ken supposed to say, Aaron?

“Ah crap, my bad Chicago. I signed a slumping doofus. Man was this stupid of me!”

]]> By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155859 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:08:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155859 Anything Joe writes is worth reading.

]]> By: yettyskills http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155745 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:28:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155745 Dunn was a red light player to MANY teams and GM’s.

Williams ignored what everyone said about Dunn,and have been saying about Dunn for years.

Williams made a idiot move and of course he says what he is saying.

But he is either lying or stupid, but in reality he is both.

Anyone here who says they would have made the same offer, you’re an idiot too.
Blue Jays spilled the beans on what NL GMs already knew years ago.
My guess is most of the posters here have no clue about Dunn

]]> By: jimbo1949 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155635 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:35:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155635 What no comparison to the guy the Gnats signed to quiet the crowds calling for Rizzo’s head when he failed to re-sign Dunn? I’m referring to the flopitudity of the more expensive equally crappy Jason Werth.

]]> By: randomdigits http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155604 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:17:27 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155604 “plenty of value for the remaining 3.5 seasons of the deal”?

Even before he fell off a cliff this season I do not think many experts thought he would be near worth his salary by year four. That is the way it goes these days with veteran free agent signings, the team just plans to suck up the last 1-2 years of the deal.

]]> By: royalsfaninfargo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155602 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:17:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155602 I posted this on here last night and dont know if anyone read it, so i will post it again. This is Joe Posnanski’s take on Adam Dunn.

http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/06/least-exciting-player-ever.html

Agree or disagree, its is interesting.

]]> By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155557 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:54:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155557 I think Figgins still may out-suck Raburn. Those are some piss poor numbers though, especially with the defensive liability that he is.

]]> By: silverdeer http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155553 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:52:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155553 I gotta throw Detroit’s Raburn into this ring too.
.200 .229 .556 76k/11BB in 220 Plate appearances and then add 7 errors and a .955 fielding percentage and yet Leyland keeps running him out there. Must be something more than tobacco in those Malrboro’s of his.

]]> By: pisano http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155540 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:41:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155540 Well said, but in retrospect both the Sox teams would cancel their deals, but they’d never admit it.

]]> By: spudchukar http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155538 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:40:49 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155538 And the definition of insanity is…

]]> By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155522 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:25:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155522 Let’s call him the worst hitter and make the worst pitcher debate a separate issue, shall we?

]]> By: Jack Marshall http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155520 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:25:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155520 Good for Williams; it’s the right answer. You judge a decision based on the data when you made it—he is saying that he refuses to second-guess his reasoning, and he shouldn’t. I would assume that the Red Sox would say the same about Carl Crawford. When a good decision doesn’t pan out, that doesn’t make it a mistake. It’s just a decision that fell victim to bad luck, random events, and chaos.

]]> By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155519 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:24:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155519 Dunn: .173; .308; .624; 100Ks/42BBs in 279 plate appearances
Figgs: .186; .232; .481; 36Ks/16BBs in 273 plate appearances

I could have sworn Dunn was worse, but you sir are correct. Figgins is f’ing craptacular. He should get his own craptastic post on HBT for being such a poopshooter.

]]> By: dodger88 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155517 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:24:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155517 What else can he say? Unless he was announcing his release, he has to stand by the signing publically whether he had any misgivings or regrets about the move. For what it is worth, I think Dunn will break out and prove to be a decent signing if not better.

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155516 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:23:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155516 He also has one of the most stupid spelled names in all of baseball.

]]> By: sosascork http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155511 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:19:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155511 Mercy!

]]> By: ricofoy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/28/white-sox-gm-on-signing-adam-dunn-for-56-million-i-would-make-the-same-move-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-155507 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=67045#comment-155507 Worst player in baseball? Not even close. Chone Figgins holds that title hands down.

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