C. Trent

    Dunn: 'I don't know the clown'

    Thursday, June 19, 2008, 11:04 AM EST [Reds]

    I'll get you more, but Dunn said he was "pissed off" about Toronto General Manager J.P. Ricciardi's statements about him made Wednesday night on a Toronto radio station.

    Here's the article about Ricciardi and here's what Dunn had to say:

     

    I don’t know the clown. I don’t know, and you can use the word ‘clown’ if you like.

    I’ve seen it, I haven’t heard it. I really don’t care what one guy thinks, to be honest with you. If I’m a G.M., I don’t know that I’d go out of my way to discredit a player -- if I’m a player. He’s obviously won more than me, I guess. Or hasn’t. I know nothing about him.

    The players didn’t say anything, it’s just some clown sitting in a front office pushing paper. I don’t play for any other reason than the guys here. I’ve said it all along, it doesn’t bother me what people say or think, especially someone outside of the organization who has no idea of anything that goes on here. He’s not even in our country. This guy’s in another country talking ****.

    He felt like he needed to say it for some reason, I have no idea why and I don’t care. He could be in this clubhouse right now, I wouldn’t know. I couldn’t tell you his name, what he looks like – he’s got a big mouth, that’s all I know about him.

    I read it, I just read it. I don’t care. He doesn’t have to use my name, use someone else’s name. I’m not taking up for him, because I don’t care about him. I don’t know who he is. I’m not going to sit here and defend someone who’s going to sit there and say I don’t care about baseball. It pisses me off, to be honest with you. He doesn’t even know me. If he knew me, fine. Say what you want. But this guy doesn’t know anything about me other than what he sees on whatever SportsCenter they have on up there. That’s it.

    It pisses me off. It does. I just told you it pisses me off when people who have no idea what the **** goes on around here and then say – I don’t give a **** what people say in this clubhouse, I don’t care, besides what’s said in here. I don’t care about the perception people have of me, if anything happens, it looks like I ain’t going to Toronto. I can eliminate one team.

    I’m not converting my dollars into looneys and twoneys just yet. They’re really good, actually.

     

     

    Oh yeah, lineups

    1. Hopper cf
    2. Bruce rf
    3. Phillips 2b
    4. Dunn lf
    5. Encarnacion 3b
    6. Votto 1b
    7. Bako c
    8. Janish ss
    9. Harang p
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    Holy crap. Dunn spits fire!

    Would this just be a great set up to Dunn lighting the Blue Jays on fire when the Reds go up there?

    Phill
    June 19, 2008
    11:25 AM EST

    Phew! There will no doubt be Reds fans who claim that if Dunn showed the same kind of emotion in his game as he did at this slight from Ricciardi, he'd be a much better player, team leader and the Reds would be right on the Cubs' heels, if not in first place. Fire in the belly, the cornerstone of any great Reds player, eh?

    Mr. Redlegs
    June 19, 2008
    11:27 AM EST

    I believe dunn played the last two years on a bad knee. played another season with broken bones in his hand. I'm ok questioning his drive at times, but this is a player who has gone above and beyond for this teammates.

    The GM in Toronto made a lot of statements that seem to be based on here say and stories he's heard. His statement doesn't seem to have any facts to back it up.

    Seth
    June 19, 2008
    11:34 AM EST

    Sounds like comments from a guy who is trying to deflect the fire from himself. I thought it very unprofessional of a GM to single out any player like that, let alone one with whom he has next to no contact with and whose "knowledge" of is second or third hand

    Mary
    June 19, 2008
    11:35 AM EST

    The guy doesn't sound like a GM - he sounds like a talk radio guy who is trying to stir up trouble.

    What a douchebag - 'we're way ahead of you guys... we know more than the fans.'

    I did like the fan's response to the home run comment: 'no one on the Blue Jays are hitting home runs.'

    Well, they're added to the teams I can't stand list...

    Ashland ATeam
    June 19, 2008
    11:42 AM EST
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