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.
In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.
In my opinion I really haven't done anything yet. I still have a lot to prove. I just want to prove to myself that I can play at the highest level of baseball in the world every day.
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.
Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.
At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.
So perfect — I’m right where I need to be!
It's always been family first for me. No matter how well my career goes, nobody here will ask anything of me. I'm just another Dunn to them.
Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.
I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.
I'm a small-town guy, and moving to a huge city might be an adjustment.
Hey, I'm serious here? Why do you have to ask me how many hits I have?
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Adam Dunn: Biography and Life Work
Adam Dunn was a notable American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. The story of Adam Dunn began on November 9, 1979 .
Adam Troy Dunn (born November 9, 1979), nicknamed " Big Donkey ", is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman . He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Cincinnati Reds . A two-time MLB All-Star , Dunn was known for his prodigious power and his high propensity to strike out. He hit 38 or more home runs in seven straight seasons, tied with Babe Ruth for the second-longest such streak in MLB history, and was 11th all-time in at bats per home run at the time of his retirement. In addition, in 2004, he hit the fourth-longest home run in MLB history, a 535-foot blast that landed in a different state. However, he ranks third on the all-time strikeout list , with 2,379, and still holds the American League record for most strikeouts in a single season, with 222 in 2012.
Philosophical Views and Reflections
For the 2010 season, Dunn saw a slight decrease in productivity from 2009, as he hit .260 with 38 home runs and 103 RBIs, but his walk rate dropped from 17.4% to 11.9% while his strikeout rate climbed from 26.5% to 30.7%.
During Dunn's tenure with the Chicago White Sox , he mostly played as a designated hitter , sometimes filling in for Paul Konerko at first base in games where Konerko himself played as the DH.
