Adam Dunn Homers Twice at Triple-A All-Star Game
by Geoff Young on Jul 12, 2001
- Caught most of the Triple-A All-Star Game. So, is everyone convinced that Adam Dunn is the greatest thing since sliced bread? Man those were a couple of shots he hit last night. And he almost drilled a third. Two of the three homers he’s hit the past few nights have been rockets down the right field line off of lefties. He’s huge, and I’m sure his swing requires a lot of maintenance, but man, can he turn on a pitch.
- Speaking of huge, did you see Tacoma DH Juan Thomas? Looks like George Foreman. I’m talking about the guy who sells mufflers and barbecues, not the guy who fought Ali. Thomas hit a mammoth shot to dead center. But forget about Tom Candiotti’s talk that he’ll be a star. Thomas is 29 years old.
- Prospect flashback moment: Johnny Ruffin strikes out Ron Wright. Actually, Ruffin looked darned good, fanning five of the six batters he faced. Don’t be surprised to see him pop up somewhere. The guy has a live arm, is only 29, and sports a career 4.12 ERA over 192.1 big-league innings.
- Back to Emil Brown for a moment. In all fairness, Brown is being brought in with vastly different expectations from those foisted onto Ruben Rivera when he arrived in San Diego. Rivera was supposed to replace Steve Finley. Brown is supposed to replace Mike Colangelo.
- For the record, I still like Colangelo off the bench.
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