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Country Mile: He's young, raw and strikes out too often, but the Reds' small-town slugger, Adam Dunn, can hit the ball a ... Last year the Reds expected Dunn -- who in 2000 had batted .281 with 16 homers and 79 RBIs in 122 games at Class A Dayton -- to continue to make progress with the Double A Chattanooga Lookouts, perhaps earning a late-season promotion to the Triple A Louisville River Bats. The plan went out the window after Dunn exploded (.343, 12 homers and 31 RBIs in 39 games for Chattanooga, then .329, 20 dingers and 53 RBIs in 55 games for Louisville) and after Cincinnati imploded en route to a 96-loss season. Dunn was, Reds manager Bob Boone says, the perfect call-up. "We have a history in this game of calling guys 'the next Mickey Mantle'; then they come up and fail," says Boone. "Adam is different. He doesn't let things get to him." -- Jeff Pearlman Issue date: April 1, 2002 Photograph by Bob Rosato |
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