And so, with 27 games in the books, we can conclusively pronounce Adam Dunn's career no longer over.
Dunn, as you may recall, achieved a dubious distinction last year: he had the worst mid-career season any great hitter has ever had. Dunn batted .159, fanned in 36% of his at-bats and swatted just 11 big flies, fewer than a third of his usual output.
This year, he's at an extremely Dunnian .250/.376/.587 with nine homers. He's more than halfway to last year's RBI total and and has already collected nearly 40% of last year's hit total. Enough ballots have been counted for retirement to concede. The Big Donkey's still kicking.
Whew! 'Cause that dude is fun to watch with his all or nothing approach. He's nearing 400 home runs, 1,000 RBI and 2,000 strikeouts. His .374 lifetime OBP belies that lousy batting average (.244). And if Dunn isn't Done -- he's just 32 -- he could rack up lots more highlights.
Hooray for us.
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