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Blue Jays' Riccardi blasts Reds' Adam Dunn

soupcan Jun 20 2008 12:13 PM

[url=http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080507&content_id=2655965&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin]Not something you hear from a GM everyday...[/url] ]"Do you know that the guy really doesn't like baseball all that much?" Riccardi continued. "Do you know the guy doesn't have a passion to play the game that much? How much do you know about the player? There's a reason why you're attracted to some players and there's a reason why you're not attracted to some players. I don't think you'd be very happy if we brought Adam Dunn here." Love this: ]"If anything happens, I ain't going to Toronto," Dunn said. "I can eliminate one team. I'm not converting my dollars to loonies and toonies just yet."

Nymr83 Jun 20 2008 12:18 PM

i'm suprised to hear that from any GM but especially Riccardi who i thought was of the beane-school of "show me the numbers" and fuck the intangibles. i'd take Dunn in a heartbeat

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 20 2008 12:21 PM

Even the seamheads who applauded his appointment are calling for Riccardi to be fired now. You can't be dissing a Three True Outcome Superstar like that.

metirish Jun 20 2008 12:22 PM

WOW , certainly speaks his mind.

AG/DC Jun 20 2008 08:24 PM

John Gibbons converted Riccardi to the "right way to play baseball" school of evaluating.

TheOldMole Jun 20 2008 09:44 PM

He seems to have gotten unconverted from John Gibbons. Think Cito Gaston reads Bill James?