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  • čas přidán 30. 04. 2018
  • In all of baseball history, you'd be hard pressed to find a statistically weirder career than Adam Dunn's. The king of the Three True Outcomes, Dunn was both incredibly consistent and full of outliers, and his efforts saved the stamina of countless fielders who got to stay exactly where they were for most of his plate appearances.
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  • @MLB
    @MLB Před 6 lety +15409

    lol

  • @uncontradictoryoxymoron2705
    @uncontradictoryoxymoron2705 Před 3 lety +3511

    What about the fact that Adam Dunn literally hit a ball into another state?
    On August 10, 2004, at a home game against the LA Dodgers, Dunn launched a 535 foot home run, which is tied as the 4th longest home run in MLB history. This home run left the stadium and bounced from the street into the Ohio River. The Ohio River was declared a border between Ohio and Kentucky, so if anything entered the river, it was in Kentucky. This meant that Adam Dunn had not only hit the longest home run in Great American Ball Park history, but was also the first MLB player to hit a baseball into another state.
    Saying that he crushed the ball is an understatement.

    • @pjdj
      @pjdj Před 3 lety +48

      Damn

    • @bene2132
      @bene2132 Před 3 lety +12

      Go Reds

    • @Aldiyawak
      @Aldiyawak Před 3 lety +3

      Dayum TIL

    • @cagedtigersteve
      @cagedtigersteve Před 3 lety +83

      Not really true. The border between Kentucky and Ohio is at the low water mark on the Ohio side. That means it extends about 100-500 feet into the river. Not at the shore line. This was settled back in the 80s.

    • @zackdurrant6030
      @zackdurrant6030 Před 3 lety +253

      @@cagedtigersteve I’m sorry but your the guy nobody likes in school

  • @TIGERSDFW
    @TIGERSDFW Před 5 lety +1327

    Exercising and eating well balanced breakfasts. The secret of baseball

  • @Jarhead402011
    @Jarhead402011 Před 5 lety +5004

    *lets make a video where we are super quiet so people have to turn their volume way up and then lets crank that intro music to the max to blow out peoples eardrums and wake up their entire house*

  • @GwresYnKernow
    @GwresYnKernow Před 6 lety +7930

    "Towards the end of his career he started... exercising and eating well-balance breakfasts". :D

    • @ZGryphon
      @ZGryphon Před 6 lety +558

      I've always wondered how he managed that. Thanks, Jon, for finally explaining it.

    • @gakk8658
      @gakk8658 Před 6 lety +265

      I literally LOLed at that line.

    • @MrCubFan415
      @MrCubFan415 Před 6 lety +82

      sure he did...

    • @CaryKelly11
      @CaryKelly11 Před 6 lety +222

      Wheaties with creatine sprinkles.

    • @danielclark6912
      @danielclark6912 Před 6 lety +159

      Push ups sit ups and plenty of juice

  • @Bubbles_Bubbles_Bubbles
    @Bubbles_Bubbles_Bubbles Před 6 lety +1400

    I enjoyed the conversation. Everyone in a three-mile radius of my speakers enjoyed the theme music.

  • @harveyholmes9533
    @harveyholmes9533 Před 3 lety +624

    When I first watched this years ago I knew little to nothing about baseball and genuinely believed Barry Bonds started clobbering home runs because he exercised and ate well balanced breakfasts

    • @one_smol_duck
      @one_smol_duck Před 2 lety +75

      maybe it depends on how you define a "well balanced breakfast"

    • @jayiyengar9136
      @jayiyengar9136 Před rokem +48

      Well as the saying goes, everyone during that era was doping, but there's still only one Barry Bonds. He was putting up record-breaking seasons before the drugs and after, he still stood above everyone else in the game. Still GOAT material imo

    • @thatleftyjames2893
      @thatleftyjames2893 Před rokem +24

      @@jayiyengar9136 everyone wasn’t doping and Bonds was far better relative to his peers when he was taking rods compared to when he wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong he’s still an all time great without them and I think he should be in the Hall, but without roids he wouldn’t be GOAT level. He simply cheated

    • @AndreIguodalaFan55
      @AndreIguodalaFan55 Před rokem

      Bro same

    • @chicagoreal4255
      @chicagoreal4255 Před rokem

      You have to be such a Braindead dork to think boosted testosterone makes you great at baseball. Do you even have a clue you can’t bench 145 dipshits how many people take testosterone and are not elite athletes lmfao. Bunch of Braindead dorks.

  • @mrtony1985
    @mrtony1985 Před 5 lety +981

    This music sounds like what I would listen to in the year 5842 while looking at data in how to travel to alternate dimensions.

    • @afkinpencil1682
      @afkinpencil1682 Před 5 lety +4

      Lmao

    • @TDace25
      @TDace25 Před 5 lety +3

      💀💀💀💀

    • @coolguy02536
      @coolguy02536 Před 4 lety +6

      sounds like something straight out of Mass Effect 1

    • @diskeyes
      @diskeyes Před 4 lety +1

      Welcome to chillwave

    • @sgtpepper6379
      @sgtpepper6379 Před 4 lety +1

      @@coolguy02536 yep the mass effect Galaxy map is exactly what I was thinking.

  • @SUPERCHAUAUA
    @SUPERCHAUAUA Před 6 lety +1570

    1:37 "he started excising and eating well balanced breakfasts" lmao

    • @silentaces732
      @silentaces732 Před 6 lety +32

      Lol Steriod frosted wheaties.

    • @3rdninches
      @3rdninches Před 6 lety +2

      Freakin hilarious

    • @beachbuminpcb2011
      @beachbuminpcb2011 Před 6 lety +6

      That shit made me actually laugh out loud.

    • @hirkballs
      @hirkballs Před 6 lety +33

      Legit laughed out loud at how sincere he sounded when he said it

    • @jbrune2433
      @jbrune2433 Před 6 lety +5

      Mad funny I did a double take when I heard that

  • @tbone11811
    @tbone11811 Před 5 lety +1568

    Joey Gallo is the new Adam Dunn, except on a whole other level.
    He has 1406 career plate appearances as of May 11, 2019. In that period he has 100 home runs, 199 walks, 528 strikeouts and 11 hit by pitches. This adds up to 838 four true outcomes.
    Adam Dunn’s four true outcomes percentage was 50.9.
    Joey Gallo’s four true outcomes percentage is 59.6.
    Gallo is the new king.

    • @aname4437
      @aname4437 Před 5 lety +100

      Gallo can actually run and play defense though

    • @sruli6137
      @sruli6137 Před 5 lety +290

      First player EVER with 100 homers before 100 singles

    • @solsticelacer
      @solsticelacer Před 4 lety +102

      That's a tiny sample size compared to Dunn though. He has to keep up that pace for a good while before it's a fair comparison

    • @Unhingedanduninformed
      @Unhingedanduninformed Před 4 lety +29

      @Sefton Cookie jerry callow, with a C, not jerry gallow, jerry gallow's dead - Joe Pesci

    • @mehulmaurya2940
      @mehulmaurya2940 Před 4 lety +2

      The balls nowadays are juiced obv

  • @indiansfever11
    @indiansfever11 Před 5 lety +320

    Cleveland Indians radio play by play guy Tom Hamilton once said, "Adam Dunn fields ground balls like they're live grenades." My all time favorite quote by Hammy.

    • @NOYOUSHUTUP3.14
      @NOYOUSHUTUP3.14 Před 4 lety +5

      Tom is the best!!!!

    • @Realscience1922
      @Realscience1922 Před 3 lety +4

      As a twins fan, I gotta say that is a great quote 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @MDBandit
      @MDBandit Před 2 lety +9

      During a recent Clemson football game one of the commentary guys described a inaccurate pass as "if it was a hand grenade no one would have died" lmao. I am a Clemson fan and still had to laugh at that.

  • @ShareefusMaximus
    @ShareefusMaximus Před 6 lety +1185

    The Dude CARRIED 3 of my fantasy teams. I refuse to say anything bad about him.

    • @mightbegenius
      @mightbegenius Před 5 lety +22

      Those teams must have been from his early years

    • @calvinrivera49
      @calvinrivera49 Před 4 lety +5

      What about the real teams he played with loser

    • @infintittie
      @infintittie Před 4 lety +75

      @@calvinrivera49 Looks like someone lost a lotta money on fantasy..

    • @JWex-jy7sk
      @JWex-jy7sk Před 4 lety +4

      @Shareef Taylor I’m gonna take a wild guess that 2011 was NOT one of those years?

  • @2002horton
    @2002horton Před 6 lety +1712

    As a reds fan, I always said Adam Dunn either hit a home run, struckout, or walked, just by watching him on a day to day basis. Cool to see that my idea actually is confirmed in statistics

    • @supermoneymagnet1
      @supermoneymagnet1 Před 6 lety +11

      Horton Im a Nats fan and I agree.

    • @jonahhuber2908
      @jonahhuber2908 Před 6 lety +35

      I am I Reds fan too...sadly

    • @CaryKelly11
      @CaryKelly11 Před 6 lety +33

      Horton: basically nobody but the pitcher and catcher needed to wear a glove when Dunn was batting.

    • @eman22017
      @eman22017 Před 6 lety +6

      Horton you should have seen him on the White Sox.

    • @Sadge23
      @Sadge23 Před 6 lety +68

      Reds fan here. I was talking to my wife one Opening Day and told her, "With Adam Dunn, it's usually a HR or a K." That Opening Day, he went 2-4, 2HRs 2Ks.

  • @demetriusmiddleton1246
    @demetriusmiddleton1246 Před 5 lety +280

    1:40 "he started exercising and eating a well balanced breakfast"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂now THAT was funny! Well done!

    • @noahwolfgang6882
      @noahwolfgang6882 Před 3 lety +3

      I thought the same dang thing. It's subtle but brilliant

    • @grandbean9031
      @grandbean9031 Před 2 lety +2

      @@noahwolfgang6882 I'm assuming that means "he started doing steroids" but I know nothing about baseball

    • @TeamHiggins2
      @TeamHiggins2 Před 2 lety +3

      @@grandbean9031 that is exactly what it means, bonds notoriously juiced and put up some of the best numbers in hitting of all time

    • @grandbean9031
      @grandbean9031 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TeamHiggins2 Thanks, I was still not sure if I was right or not.

    • @andrewpadaetz5549
      @andrewpadaetz5549 Před rokem

      💉

  • @pitviper8795
    @pitviper8795 Před 5 lety +41

    I played with Adam Dunn in 99 and 2000 in the minors and he was as likeable as anyone could be. He was the greatest big man athlete I had ever seen and will ever see and I met a few. 6'7 250lbs and could run. I saw him more than once truck a catcher at home and get up and walk away. He never taunted or showed that much emotion. Heres the problem with success. People get complacent and I think he got complacent. Hes still one of the greatest players I ever played with but I never made it to the bigs like he did.

  • @scottjackson1420
    @scottjackson1420 Před 5 lety +121

    And you don't even mention the adventure that was watching Dunn play in the field.
    He's the man who truly brought excitement back to the routine fly ball.

    • @squirrelguy2195
      @squirrelguy2195 Před 2 lety +16

      Dunn managed to generate almost as much negative defensive value as he did positive offensive value. The man truly was an enigma of a ballplayer and it's one of the biggest reasons why he's one of my favorite players of all time.

    • @TheGtagtr
      @TheGtagtr Před rokem +2

      Yeah but Adam Dunn hated baseball, just did it as a job

  • @bradksmail
    @bradksmail Před 6 lety +287

    I remember when he was on the nats. I was listening to the car radio. "A routine flyball... and dunn cant make it to the ball"

    •  Před 5 lety +3

      I don't get it

    • @emichael7299
      @emichael7299 Před 5 lety +21

      Writefag Greens it’s because Dun hates to run and can’t play defense

    • @MortifiedPenguinGaming
      @MortifiedPenguinGaming Před 4 lety +1

      @@emichael7299 His first 6yrs in the Majors he was always a top 5 in defense for LF tho...

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 Před 4 lety

      According to what metric?

    • @AmericasComic
      @AmericasComic Před 4 lety +9

      subg88 liters

  • @tylerfrith1999
    @tylerfrith1999 Před 6 lety +46

    Adam Dunn was my favorite player growing up in Cincinnati. I cried when I accidently broke his bobble head the night I got it. He, to me, really was a hero, because he gave me an early love for baseball that I still have today.

  • @LavenderSystem69
    @LavenderSystem69 Před 6 lety +326

    5:27 Gimme a moment... I'm just trying to wrap my head around how a guy was able to record a 170% slugging average

    • @BillHFA
      @BillHFA Před 4 lety +30

      I'm Brazilian and I thought I knew the game of baseball quite well - for a Brazilian. Now my girlfriend thinks I'm a complete crazy dude for my reaction to that statistical outlier. By the way, I've unsuccesfully tried to explain to her the concept of slugging...

    • @PongGod
      @PongGod Před 4 lety +52

      Not only a ridiculously high number, but against arguably the most dominant pitcher in the past decade.

    • @jamesruth100
      @jamesruth100 Před 4 lety +19

      @@PongGod dude had a pure soul read on him.

    • @Whosetheyoutubewarrior
      @Whosetheyoutubewarrior Před 4 lety +38

      It’s out of 400%

    • @joelspencer9233
      @joelspencer9233 Před 4 lety +25

      I realize this is an old post, but I loved Adam Dunn and didn't start posting on CZcams until this year. I think part of the reason Dunn hit Kershaw pretty well is that Kershaw likes to keep the ball down in the zone and Dunn liked the ball in the lower part of the strike zone. Dunn seemed to struggle against the pitchers who could elevate their fastballs in the zone and/or had really wicked sliders/breaking stuff. But he could hit it a long way if you (as a pitcher) missed your spot.

  • @GriswaldLeeHarvey
    @GriswaldLeeHarvey Před 5 lety +355

    Did I miss you guys talk about the fact he hit exactly 40 homeruns 5 years in a row. One year being with two different teams. Who does that?!

  • @hunterjenkins11
    @hunterjenkins11 Před 6 lety +187

    He signed my Emperors New Groove DVD years ago when he played for the Dayton Dragons. I asked him to sign my bat but he said he would only sign that DVD case.

    • @christian3309
      @christian3309 Před 5 lety +9

      LMAO that's hilarious 😂😂 but here's my question, why would you have a DVD with you at a ball game? 😂

    • @hunterjenkins11
      @hunterjenkins11 Před 5 lety +10

      christian The better question is why wouldn't I bring it with me?

    • @RoadRunnerTV1
      @RoadRunnerTV1 Před 5 lety

      Hunter Jenkins LMFAOOOO

    • @antoniowombdiska3073
      @antoniowombdiska3073 Před 5 lety +1

      Hunter Jenkins did he tell you to pull the lever ??

    • @abtwopoint0
      @abtwopoint0 Před 5 lety

      Awesome movie. I quoted that for at least a decade

  • @youngsleepy9568
    @youngsleepy9568 Před 5 lety +450

    No wonder Dunn has like 44 contact versus lefties in mlb 2k13, and 99 power. Jesus lmao

    • @dannygreen6883
      @dannygreen6883 Před 5 lety +34

      YoungSleepy dude you just brought back so many memories 😂 you remember how David price was like a god on that game

    • @robbyatwood7734
      @robbyatwood7734 Před 5 lety +1

      YoungSleepy miss that game so much

    • @youngsleepy9568
      @youngsleepy9568 Před 5 lety +3

      @@dannygreen6883 facts. He verlander and kershaw were awesome. Plus young Aroldis Chapman as well.

    • @youngsleepy9568
      @youngsleepy9568 Před 5 lety +1

      @@robbyatwood7734 its still fun till this day. Luckily my vopy still works.

    • @robbyatwood7734
      @robbyatwood7734 Před 5 lety

      YoungSleepy yeah I play it from time to time. If only they’d do roster updates lol

  • @zumzum74
    @zumzum74 Před 5 lety +16

    I don’t have a ton of great memories from the Reds at the time Dunn was on the team, but one that has always stuck is Dunn hitting a walkoff grand slam to win by one run. Legend.

  • @Pyrus425
    @Pyrus425 Před 4 lety +56

    “2011 happened”
    Me, a rangers fan: no...

  • @csworth
    @csworth Před 6 lety +538

    The other strange is Adam Dunn went over 1000 at bats without a Sacrifice Fly. Dunn went the entire 2004 season without a Sac Fly. How is this possible???

    • @aviazx1799
      @aviazx1799 Před 6 lety +49

      Chip Southworth I have no idea that shit is amazing

    • @seangregory4015
      @seangregory4015 Před 6 lety +63

      Just to show you what he really cared about, home runs and that's it

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 Před 6 lety +123

      Well, you'd at least occasionally expect him to swing for the fences, but come up 20' short...

    • @mrsir1872
      @mrsir1872 Před 6 lety +53

      that was exactly my thinking. damn this is some weird shit. i need to take a shower.

    • @Alex-lc6jv
      @Alex-lc6jv Před 6 lety +22

      because he either hit a dinger, k'd or walked lol

  • @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf
    @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf Před 6 lety +995

    "So if you think about it, Dunn's a hero. He forced baseball teams to pay guys a total of nearly seven million bucks to just stand there. He's a creator of pointless labor. There's nothing more heroic than that."
    Happy International Workers' Day! ☭

    • @Personal_Chizo
      @Personal_Chizo Před 6 lety +39

      Yung Vulpix And THAT'S how you redistribute wealth in the Majors, son!

    • @mitchellmartinez2255
      @mitchellmartinez2255 Před 6 lety +4

      dislike

    • @jeannelieber5817
      @jeannelieber5817 Před 6 lety +23

      Yung Vulpix if Jon Bois lead a communist insurrection we'd have the red flag flying over the white house within a week

    • @conniethesconnie
      @conniethesconnie Před 5 lety +1

      So you're comparing Adam Dunn's refusal to hit ground balls to Francisco d'Anconia paying people to work in the San Sebastian Mines where he knew there was no valuable ore to mine?

    • @josea.rodriguez6375
      @josea.rodriguez6375 Před 5 lety

      @itheuser First Not true, I saw him run once. He got a walk and then the next batter up got a double so he had to hustle to get to third base

  • @Foggen
    @Foggen Před 5 lety +56

    "For a brief moment, they turn baseball into golf" lmao

  • @crou8040
    @crou8040 Před 5 lety +146

    Joey Gallo is today's Adam Dunn.

    • @Cynthionic
      @Cynthionic Před 5 lety +3

      yeah, batting 206 with a 37% strike out rate, that sounds fun

    • @body7100
      @body7100 Před 5 lety +11

      Ryan Crouch no Chris Davis is the new Adam Dunn

    • @crou8040
      @crou8040 Před 5 lety +2

      @@body7100 Touché. Lol

    • @bluesfan6862
      @bluesfan6862 Před 5 lety +1

      Eh. Kinda. Joey is much more athletic, he can play cf. Adam Dunn is fat.

    • @hypetrained
      @hypetrained Před 4 lety

      @@bluesfan6862 Joey is a hero

  • @markbroderick1676
    @markbroderick1676 Před 6 lety +113

    “He started exercising and eating a well balanced breakfast” lol Barry loved his breakfast

  • @Mastaace
    @Mastaace Před 6 lety +78

    "He started exercising and eating a well balanced breakfast" ..... LMAO

  • @harveydodd8803
    @harveydodd8803 Před 4 lety +9

    This breakdown is incredibly well Dunn.

  • @joeyjgregory790
    @joeyjgregory790 Před 5 lety +8

    I actually got to take BP with Dunn when I was playing college baseball. I'll never forget that day -- the wind was blowing in from right field about 20mph, and there wasn't a single one of us that hit a homerun in BP that day, even with aluminum bats. Then Dunn came up and just started crushing them over the scoreboard in RC field with a wood, making us look like fools! He was a good dude too, got some batting gloves from him (even though they were XXL and were a bit too big for me!).

  • @christopherseale842
    @christopherseale842 Před 6 lety +400

    Joey Gallo literally set a higher record for "four true outcomes" last season. 532 PA, 41 HR, 75 BB, 196 K, 8 HBP = 60.1% THE NEW GOD.

    • @christopherseale842
      @christopherseale842 Před 6 lety +113

      I realize he hasn't joined the club yet because he doesn't have 200 dingers, but there's almost no doubt he will get there.

    • @CrestfallenLizard
      @CrestfallenLizard Před 6 lety +187

      Up until like a couple of days ago he had more home runs than singles in his career.

    • @armadillolover99
      @armadillolover99 Před 6 lety +25

      A Well Built Taco That is actually insane.

    • @XxzanesterxX
      @XxzanesterxX Před 6 lety +8

      Alright I'm new but does HBP mean hit by pitch and if that means to literally be hit by the pitch how has that happened over half of the time?

    • @CrestfallenLizard
      @CrestfallenLizard Před 6 lety +22

      Zed HBP does mean hit by pitch, but it only happened 8 times. The 60.1% refers to the total number of HBP, BB, SO, and HR.

  • @ryandefranco7740
    @ryandefranco7740 Před 6 lety +59

    I went on a Wrigley Field tour about 10 years ago. One of the visitor's clubhouse attendants told our group that Adam Dunn would eat 10 McDonald's cheeseburgers before every game.

    • @stevenp9209
      @stevenp9209 Před 6 lety +7

      wish I had that strong of a stomach

    • @ews850
      @ews850 Před 6 lety +3

      And 11 McDonald's Cheeseburgers on off days.

    • @joemarshall4226
      @joemarshall4226 Před 6 lety +2

      That'll slow your reaction time.

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian Před 5 lety +1

      Imagine how much better he would have been had we waited until after the game to eat.

    • @jamesmclean18
      @jamesmclean18 Před 5 lety +2

      "Where am I gonna get 50 hotdogs"??? czcams.com/video/w-hpRGXclIo/video.html

  • @GM-yw2ql
    @GM-yw2ql Před 4 lety

    Terrific video. This is one reason why CZcams is so powerful; bringing out of obscurity one of the best (arguably, or not) players of all time. Well done Boys.

  • @tomdowns9439
    @tomdowns9439 Před 5 lety +7

    Dunn's rookie year as a Dayton Dragon was also the first year of this team's existence. Everyone knew of Dunn's home run ability but the funniest thing was his fielding. We would pray that no one would hit to him if the game was close. One time an easy fly ball was hit and Dunn came under it to catch it and the ball completely misses his glove and hits Dunn in the knee. Everyone was laughing and a good time was had by all. We love Dragon's baseball in Dayton.

  • @thepillowmafia7981
    @thepillowmafia7981 Před 6 lety +1710

    Who here doesn’t even watch baseball?

    • @arponsway5413
      @arponsway5413 Před 6 lety +58

      The Pillow Mafia i don't even know the rule. watched the whole video. didn't understand a thing. so is he good or not ?

    • @ews850
      @ews850 Před 6 lety +1

      Bbbbbaaaasssseee bbbbaalllll?

    • @jlsagely6892
      @jlsagely6892 Před 6 lety +5

      All the losers.

    • @robloxsportsandmore5125
      @robloxsportsandmore5125 Před 6 lety +6

      I watch Baseball

    • @kilikus822
      @kilikus822 Před 5 lety +1

      I'm only here because Porter residents try to crucify me every time I tell them idk who Adam Dunn is.

  • @tejseth8027
    @tejseth8027 Před 6 lety +626

    this was good, but not Pretty Good

    • @VibeDoctor98
      @VibeDoctor98 Před 6 lety +1

      Tej Seth it’s got Jon

    • @rees5124
      @rees5124 Před 6 lety +5

      You don’t get it

    • @benb4201
      @benb4201 Před 6 lety +4

      Good, but not quite Pretty Good

    • @jameskirk1161
      @jameskirk1161 Před 6 lety +16

      Honestly Pretty Good and Chart Party can’t be replaced

    • @VibeDoctor98
      @VibeDoctor98 Před 6 lety +1

      ReesDaKing I get the joke I was saying atleast we got Jon

  • @TurdFergusson318
    @TurdFergusson318 Před 5 lety

    I’m a total math/stats geek an LOVE your guys videos! I often find myself looking up your stats and checking them for myself. Keep up the great content!

  • @zachos2
    @zachos2 Před 5 lety

    This channel is always well put together and thought out, thanks for the content . I don’t even like baseball and this was very interesting

  • @ScottWaa
    @ScottWaa Před 6 lety +87

    This channel is phenomenal.

    • @LeonelEBD
      @LeonelEBD Před 5 lety +2

      it's quite amazing, haven't worked the entire day, just this xD

  • @unclejune2839
    @unclejune2839 Před 6 lety +85

    Dunn also played a lot of his career batting behind Griffey JR.

    • @bigcee8393
      @bigcee8393 Před 5 lety +3

      Just the White Sox Junior didn't play with Chicago for that long.

    • @NFL88
      @NFL88 Před 5 lety +27

      @@bigcee8393 Wrong, He played 8 seasons with Griffey in Cincy and had 5 seasons w/40+ Homer's there

    • @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507
      @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507 Před 4 lety +1

      Griffey never saw the field

    • @Stretch213
      @Stretch213 Před 4 lety +1

      Stop making white Sox fans look like idiots

  • @ryandowd7040
    @ryandowd7040 Před 3 lety

    This is a great video. Thanks!

  • @shinigami146
    @shinigami146 Před 4 lety

    Great graphical and analytic presentation. I enjoyed your video. (After the need to replace my speakers from the Intro being 10x louder than previous sound levels ;P)
    That is A LOT of data! You guys did your homework and it is appreciated. Adam's career is definitely enigmatic.
    LOL on commentary of Barry Bonds' history at 1:37.

  • @MegaPizza8
    @MegaPizza8 Před 6 lety +26

    What they said about Barry Bonds made me laugh out loud in my class😂

  • @josephhale690
    @josephhale690 Před 6 lety +14

    Legend has it that Adam Dunn was also a very good basketball player capable of dunking, and was recruited by Mack Brown (as a quarterback, not a safety)

  • @nitpicker9406
    @nitpicker9406 Před 5 lety +40

    I don't think there is a more underrated player in MLB history than Adam Dunn. They guy wasn't particularly good in the field. He did not hit for a high average. Couldn't run the bases that well either. But given all of his weaknesses, his career OPS of .852 ranked 159th all time, which would put him just a bit behind hall of fame numbers for a corner outfielder.

    • @joelspencer9233
      @joelspencer9233 Před 4 lety +1

      I agree 100% and I will say this about his fielding. I agree he was definitely no Gold Glover, but he would make the occasional really nice play. He wasn't any worse in the field than a lot of players I've seen. The pitching staffs in Cincinnati and Washington were pretty awful as well...he'd have made fewer errors with a better pitching staff.
      And I don't think anyone in baseball history (I'm excluding the juicers here) hit HRs the way Adam Dunn did. Not just the number and frequency, but how he hit them. He just didn't hit many wall-scrapers.

    • @verde7595
      @verde7595 Před 3 lety +2

      @@joelspencer9233 He got a lot of flak for his fielding but it really wasn't that bad. He played in a notorious hitter's ballpark on a team that sucked and he was also a very large man. On paper it wasn't good, but there were a lot of exterior causes to that other than just "he sucked". Although he still wasn't great.
      He's in the Reds HoF for a reason. Everyone in Cincinnati loves him.

    • @RandyRhoadsRules3
      @RandyRhoadsRules3 Před 2 lety +1

      He’s nowhere near a HOF level player in terms of actual production but I actually heard a compelling argument for him being a HOFer based on how influential he is. Idk I stopped watching baseball obsessively after the 2011 season and the fact that everyone is trying to be Adam Dunn now prevents me from starting up again. I couldn’t stand Adam Dunn (as a player I mean. I’m sure he’s a nice enough guy). I don’t mind guys who hit for power, walk a lot and strikeout a lot if they also are just good hitters in general: my favorite player Jim Edmonds was a good example of this. A more modern example is Mike Trout. But guys who hit like .220 are just lame I’m sorry. I don’t care how much power they have.

    • @squirrelguy2195
      @squirrelguy2195 Před 2 lety

      @@RandyRhoadsRules3 Dunn was, at least offensively, better than the majority of guys who emulate his approach. During his prime (2001-2010) he averaged a slash line of .251/.381/.521. Joey Gallo wishes he was that good at the plate, as he's averaged .206/.333/.489 since he debuted in 2015. Gallo's a FAR better defender though, but from a purely offensive approach, give me prime Dunn over Gallo any day.

    • @RandyRhoadsRules3
      @RandyRhoadsRules3 Před 2 lety

      @@squirrelguy2195 Yeah Dunn was a better hitter than Gallo for sure. I can’t take Gallo seriously as a hitter that average is just disgusting.

  • @ricobert1
    @ricobert1 Před 5 lety +74

    "began eating a well-balanced breakfast" rotfl bravo

    • @sleeve51
      @sleeve51 Před 5 lety +2

      The 'Balco breakfast' at Denny's. Only $7.99. Coffee not included.

  • @adamdill4165
    @adamdill4165 Před 6 lety +5

    Great video. Adam Dunn was my favorite Reds player when I was younger. Everyone thought he was terrible because his batting average was never particularly high. However, after looking at his his stats today and putting more emphasis walks and slugging, I am convinced Dunn was one of the more underappreciated players in baseball. Dunn posted an OPS slightly above .900 during his eight seasons with a terrible Reds team. The only other Reds player I've seen to produce comparable hitting numbers is Joey Votto.

  • @OwenTheLegendary
    @OwenTheLegendary Před 6 lety +53

    HES BACK

  • @kylen6430
    @kylen6430 Před 2 lety +2

    “Started exercising and eating a well balanced breakfast” 😂 💀

  • @shadowjefflander
    @shadowjefflander Před 6 lety

    This was extremely interesting. Good job guys!!

  • @lildubuoy
    @lildubuoy Před 6 lety +102

    Adam Dunn is the first, last and only dude BORN to play DH....

    • @elijahcademartori9854
      @elijahcademartori9854 Před 6 lety +20

      Idk Man. David Ortiz fits the bill.

    • @Andyface79
      @Andyface79 Před 6 lety +5

      Edgar Martinez?

    • @vaughnmild4467
      @vaughnmild4467 Před 5 lety +4

      IDK??? Being a White Sox fan it was painful to watch him transition from a 1st basemen to a DH. He was GOD AWFUL for one of those seasons. If you were to do the math when Dunn spelled Konerko at 1st? Id like to know if he hit or walked more as a "position player"? The ChiSox had the same issues with another NL ex outfeilder turned 1st basemen WITH the same first name. Adam LaRoach. IDK if fans or players realize how difficult it is when your. in the NL and you're a position player, and you get traded or sign with an AL team that expects you to DH 5 outta 6 games a week. Something you've never been a custom to doing for most of your career. I know Jose Abreu doesnt like to DH and has better stats when he plays 1st. PS. White Sox brass, PLEASE never sign another 1st basemen named Adam that played his whole career in the NL and make him your daily DH!

    • @gberryful
      @gberryful Před 5 lety

      Billy Butler?

    • @vaughnmild4467
      @vaughnmild4467 Před 5 lety +1

      Garrett Berry Billy Butler was a White Sox KILLER!

  • @KosherConsole
    @KosherConsole Před 6 lety +70

    I think Jon Bois knows when one of his followers is extremely sad. Every time I even contemplate my own mortality Bois is there to save me.
    Thank God for Saturday College Football.

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt Před 5 lety +1

      I had an existential crisis the other day and then saw Bois had dropped his saddest punt video. It got me through.

  • @azairvine
    @azairvine Před 5 lety

    Very cool video guys - amazing statistical analysis! O_O

  • @SharkMinnow
    @SharkMinnow Před 4 lety

    love this...subscribed!

  • @Magna_Parva
    @Magna_Parva Před 6 lety +518

    BOIIIIIIISSSSSS

  • @Kenwood..
    @Kenwood.. Před 4 lety +21

    I love those videos with quiet talk and loud ass music.

  • @jabrown
    @jabrown Před 4 lety

    I came across this video randomly and I have zero understanding of baseball, but I subscribed anyway because I love the way you guys talk.

  • @caseykunz7800
    @caseykunz7800 Před 5 lety +1

    Love watching you guys

  • @edibleapeman2
    @edibleapeman2 Před 5 lety +12

    Relief pitchers should be able to enter with capes.

  • @paysonfox88
    @paysonfox88 Před 6 lety +4

    HR, Walk, or Strike out -- very very true in his career.
    500+ ft HR distances -- several of them -- he didn't sneak them over the fence.
    I think with Dunn, he knew the strike zone very well.
    Dunn's operation --
    1. He knows when it's a strike
    2. But he can't hit it
    3. But when he does, it goes out of the park a very long way.
    4. Subsequently, he puts up numbers that nobody else can (or even wants to) match.

  • @stuartmcdonald5172
    @stuartmcdonald5172 Před 5 lety

    This is a very well made video. The subject matter is interesting, but the editing, the music and general presentation is first class.

  • @jazzlad1025
    @jazzlad1025 Před 3 lety

    This channel should be the most subscribed sports channel on CZcams, the voice overs and quality is immaculate

  • @josephmullen4553
    @josephmullen4553 Před 6 lety +31

    Ah, that good old unmixed audio is just music to my ears

  • @claytonmoore3027
    @claytonmoore3027 Před 5 lety +6

    He was one of my favorite players growing up watching the Nationals

  • @Graniteball
    @Graniteball Před 5 lety

    Love the stats! Thank you guys. Great opinion by the MLB too!

  • @zyxwut321
    @zyxwut321 Před 5 lety

    Started exercising and eating well-balanced breakfasts! LMAO Good delivery, guys.

  • @Spoocecow
    @Spoocecow Před 6 lety +317

    Hi, the music is a lot louder than the rest of the show, if some leveling or other audio magic could be applied for future eps it would be very nice please

    • @dumbcow1
      @dumbcow1 Před 6 lety +4

      Intro audio just BAM!!!!!!!!

    • @rapid13
      @rapid13 Před 6 lety

      ^^^^This

    • @Skwerll
      @Skwerll Před 6 lety +1

      Agreed. I always have to put my laptop really close to my face to listen to Jon's videos without headphones.

    • @eyeseeyou913
      @eyeseeyou913 Před 6 lety

      fuck you

    • @Innuya
      @Innuya Před 5 lety +2

      youtube isn't fixing audio levels in any case. many of Jon Bois's videos are leveled poorly imo with music being way louder than dialogue, oftentimes (perhaps intentionally?) to jarring effect.

  • @tylerreynolds2899
    @tylerreynolds2899 Před 6 lety +26

    Can y'all just make a playlist with every Jon Bois video so I know I didn't miss anything

  • @merrittcorless1184
    @merrittcorless1184 Před 4 lety +1

    I have puzzled over Dunn for years. THANK YOU for shining light on the darkness.

  • @smanrothstein
    @smanrothstein Před 8 dny

    This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Subscribed (please tell me you make videos still 😅)

  • @tbishop3342
    @tbishop3342 Před 5 lety +13

    He played for the White Sox, my favorite team. And we really did want to win in 2011. He came around a little in 2012 but never was the same.

  • @kennytaylor3027
    @kennytaylor3027 Před 6 lety +250

    Is there a John Bois podcast? Because I would watch the hell out of that.

    • @cameronmcguire4332
      @cameronmcguire4332 Před 6 lety +51

      KENZO productions you don’t watch podcasts

    • @kennytaylor3027
      @kennytaylor3027 Před 6 lety +38

      Cameron McGuire thank you for letting me know.

    • @Alex-vc2mg
      @Alex-vc2mg Před 6 lety +5

      Good to see Jon rockin' fashionable attire, there. Gonna have to confirm it on his channel. ;)

    • @AlbertsList
      @AlbertsList Před 6 lety +2

      yeah, its pretty good

    • @mikecraig2996
      @mikecraig2996 Před 6 lety

      Kaiden Clark How do you know he wears perfume?

  • @jasonkh3943
    @jasonkh3943 Před 5 lety

    This was an enjoyable vid 👍

  • @jasonhelms96
    @jasonhelms96 Před 4 lety +2

    After all these years, my name was mentioned in a CZcams video. It's a good day.

  • @theunwelcome
    @theunwelcome Před 6 lety +16

    this is the best video about a single baseball player since your Franceour spotlight

    • @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf
      @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf Před 6 lety +4

      The Lonnie Smith episode was really good too imo

    • @theunwelcome
      @theunwelcome Před 6 lety +1

      that it was, but it was also well before the Frenchy episode

    • @personguy5536
      @personguy5536 Před 6 lety +1

      I liked the lonnie smith one

    • @theunwelcome
      @theunwelcome Před 6 lety

      so did I, it was a great video; Jon does a lot of great videos

  • @jonhubdub
    @jonhubdub Před 5 lety +25

    Chris Davis: “Hold my drink.”

  • @honkylips9072
    @honkylips9072 Před 6 lety +1

    Cool video. Also that was the best Bonds was on steroids explanation I ever heard lol.

  • @freedomnutz
    @freedomnutz Před 5 lety

    idk how you got me to watch a 10minute video on adam dunn, someone i havent heard his name in nearly 5-6 years now.. but you did. nice video..

  • @sunshine_tidings6983
    @sunshine_tidings6983 Před 6 lety +17

    I literally stop whatever I'm doing when I see that a video bearing the visage of Jon Bois has been uploaded to the World Wide Web.

  • @nifty5799
    @nifty5799 Před 6 lety +9

    Drunk penguins and blindfolded sloths hit very well

  • @tomkola7214
    @tomkola7214 Před 6 lety

    WOW! great stuff guys

  • @James-vy5ng
    @James-vy5ng Před 5 lety

    Your soothing voice, the cool background music, and the mildly boring statistics are weirdly relaxing and entertaining.

  • @droxtail
    @droxtail Před 4 lety +20

    Unless Pujols starts taking "the cream" or "the clear" right now...he will never reach Bonds

    • @diablodavila
      @diablodavila Před 4 lety +1

      Or do like bonds and take a lot of steroids

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 Před 3 lety

      Never, and as an Angel fan we're paying a high price, $25 Mill a year exactly, to watch a way over-the-hill, slow footed, DP machine rob the organization. Arie Moreno (owner) loves to reward players for what they've done for their past teams.

    • @RandyRhoadsRules3
      @RandyRhoadsRules3 Před 2 lety

      Pujols should have retired a long time ago. Saying this as someone who had a lot of their fondest childhood memories shaped by him. Absolutely ridiculous hitter from 01-10 though, and especially from 03-09….the picture of consistency you could basically always mark him down for at minimum .325-35-115 in those years.

    • @logicaldude3611
      @logicaldude3611 Před 2 lety

      He just needs to eat a more balanced breakfast.

  • @BTL812
    @BTL812 Před 5 lety +3

    Adam Dunn is sneakily hall of game worthy. His strike out numbers were only a generation behind what guys put up now, that 40/100/150 stat says a lot

  • @thebiglump7830
    @thebiglump7830 Před 6 lety

    Enjoyed the video

  • @kmew94
    @kmew94 Před 6 lety +2

    Adam Dunn is my favorite of all time. Going to the reds games was always exciting when he was playing because I knew there was a good chance he would hit a hr....or strikeout....but he kept it exciting

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord Před 3 lety

      Guy had more golden sombreros than a rich Mexican.

  • @darolaho
    @darolaho Před 5 lety +4

    "exerciseing and eating well balanced breakfast"
    LOLOLOLLL

  • @choctawbigguns3193
    @choctawbigguns3193 Před 5 lety +27

    This video put my ADHD to the Murthafurkin test mane I'll tell you what!

  • @bladerunner1b
    @bladerunner1b Před rokem +2

    All of the Cincy players during the Dunn years (Including Griffey JR.) - looked like they were crushing twelve packs in the dugout. And then sometimes they would amaze. When they felt like it.

  • @mightbegenius
    @mightbegenius Před 5 lety +4

    I remember in fantasy baseball leagues you didn't know where to draft Dunn. He had the skills to win an MVP and he also was capable of setting the record for strikeouts in a season.

  • @marknc9616
    @marknc9616 Před 5 lety +60

    I clicked on this hoping to see the car drive around the bases. Click bait.

  • @eddyvideostar
    @eddyvideostar Před 5 lety +1

    Nice job: The sabermetrics are superb.

  • @stenbak88
    @stenbak88 Před 5 lety

    This was an awesome video

  • @ragecactus454
    @ragecactus454 Před 6 lety +4

    You can see a preview of Ricky Henderson on one chart from their 8 runs on 9 Pitches (Fernando Tatis half-inning video). The guy was an INSANE base stealer.

  • @stephenyount3148
    @stephenyount3148 Před 5 lety +3

    When Adam Dunn was a Cincinnati Red he not only hit the ball out of the park he actually hit it into another state. It bounced off of Mehring Way,( a street that runs along the south side of the stadium) then rolled down a slope into the waters edge of the Ohio River, which is the state line between Ohio and Kentucky.

  • @MacMamba8
    @MacMamba8 Před 5 lety

    Amazing video

  • @undeadgod47
    @undeadgod47 Před 4 lety

    Had me rolling at "button up shirt and a cape that's a look"

  • @marcroy5089
    @marcroy5089 Před 6 lety +5

    the barry bonds one at the begining cracked me up

    • @conniethesconnie
      @conniethesconnie Před 5 lety

      His increase in long balls was due to eating his Wheaties.