Blue Jays' Riccardi blasts Reds' Adam Dunn

[soupcan]

Not something you hear from a GM everyday...

]"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]

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

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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]

WOW , certainly speaks his mind.

[Guest AG/DC]

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

[Theoldmole]

He seems to have gotten unconverted from John Gibbons.

Think Cito Gaston reads Bill James?