Dunn falls short in the longest White Sox home runs of 2011
by Jim Margalus on Oct 6, 2011 6:01 AM CDT
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PrintThere are plenty of stats that make Adam Dunn look terrible. OK, basically all of them made Adam Dunn look terrible.
But hell, here's another one: In the six years covered by Hit Tracker Online, 2011 is the first time Dunn failed to hit his team's longest homer.
Dunn's longest bomb -- his full-count blast off Justin Verlander on July 26 -- traveled 451 feet. That would be incredible for just about anybody, and even by Dunn's standards it's pretty good. But even when he connected well enough to send it over the fence, he still was off.
The lack of jaw-dropping blasts dragged down his average home run distance to 402 feet ... or three feet shorter than Brent Morel's average home run, which says something. OK, part of that something is a smaller sample size. Paul Konerko (391 feet) and Carlos Quentin (397 feet) didn't come close to Dunn or Morel, but they had at least twice as many homers to choose from.
Here's what Dunn did in the prior five seasons that HTO covered, including the number of homers that exceeded 451 feet:
Dunn would only hit one more homer after taking Verlander deep -- and it came on Aug. 4, meaning that he finished his season with 113 homerless plate appearances. That shattered his previous record of 98 plate appearances in 2002.
It's going to take a few more posts to really sum up how much Dunn just ... I dunno, hurt everybody who invested time and hope in the White Sox. It's a long winter.
But enough with the sadness. Borrowing an idea from McCovey Chronicles, here's some gladness -- video of the longest five homers hit by the White Sox this year.
No. 5: 443 feet, Tyler Flowers, Sept. 2.
No. 4: 444 feet, Carlos Quentin, April 16.
No. 3: 447 feet, Ramon Castro, April 6.
No. 2: 451 feet, Adam Dunn, July 26.
No. 1: 462 feet, Paul Konerko, April 5.
Three were hit in the coldest month of the year, and the other two were off the presumptive AL Cy Young Award winner and possible league MVP. I guess it makes as much sense as the rest of the season.
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Steve Jobs is dead.
Adam Dunn’s contract lives on. Hell certainly exists.
"MY NAME IS YOANIS CESPEDEZ YOU KILLED MY FATHER" WHAT!
i'm in it right now.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
iPhones are a dime a dozen now.
My 3G is being given away with a new contract.
"MY NAME IS YOANIS CESPEDEZ YOU KILLED MY FATHER" WHAT!
yeah. oh, well.
nothing another glass of scotch won’t help.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
This is awesome
if “glass” translates to “fifth”.
"MY NAME IS YOANIS CESPEDEZ YOU KILLED MY FATHER" WHAT!
How long was Dunn's blast in Anaheim? I'm surprised that one didn't make the list.
To my knowledge, certain things were not known.
-James Murdoch
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Oct 6, 2011 8:08 AM CDT reply actions
i cant be the only one who thought
that if you can think of a single one of dunns homers this season, thats not a good thing. meaning the dude should have hit 40, and you cant seem to remember when or where that monster fucking blast was hit.
"Rhubarb, if you wouldn’t mind, ram your taint into your monitor as hard as you can." - joewho112
my favorite dunn homer was opening day.
after that i just get clouded with a big fog of suck
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Your face is clouded with a big fog of suck.
"MY NAME IS YOANIS CESPEDEZ YOU KILLED MY FATHER" WHAT!
by winningugly on Oct 6, 2011 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
slammajamma
"Rhubarb, if you wouldn’t mind, ram your taint into your monitor as hard as you can." - joewho112
Interesting piece, I liked it
but can we do what Adam Dunn is doing right now and just not talk about it anymore?
Off-Season Proposition Bet Tally - 1 won - 3 lost
Way to go - off subject
Jim got a recommend and link over at MLB Trade Rumors
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/quick-hits-angels-buehrle-zambrano.html
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
That Konerko shot was a monster.
And i’m going to miss my guy Razor Ramon.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
you mean albondiga?
yeah, he was alright.
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
razor ramon= ramon castro
not coming back to the sox next year.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
I don't give a rosy red rat's ass about how far they go.
There just needs to be more of them.
Sabermetrics hurt my head, just give me the facts.
eh there is something special about long homers.
kinda like myself back in 13-15 year old baseball. i hit some moon shots. makes it more special than ones that barely clear the fence.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Thats nothing!
I was in the paper for hitting the longest HR my Larkin High baseball coach had seen in his 25 years of coaching, he mentioned it came a close second to a homerun by Rich Becker when he played for West Aurora. I just found it in a newspaper article archive site.
Off-Season Proposition Bet Tally - 1 won - 4 lost
I couldn't find that, but did find bios on your dad and brother.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
Its archived in the Daily Herald and it costs money to access it (convenient huh?) Below is the text
Larkin 11, East Aurora 1
Terry Schabert has seen a lot of home runs in his 17 seasons as the Larkin head coach, but only one longer than Scott XXXXXXXX’s estimated 400-foot blast Tuesday.
Heimberg’s prodigious shot highlighted Larkin’s 10-hit attack as it pounded Upstate Eight foe East Aurora in five innings.
Matt Krabbe contributed 3 doubles and Jason Deibert had a pair of doubles and 3 RBI as the visiting Royals improved to 4-2-1 overall, 3-1 in the UEC.
Kevin Green was the winning pitcher as he allowed 2 hits, struck out seven and walked none.
The Royals scored in each inning: 1 in the first, 3 in the second, 2 in the third, 4 in the fourth and 1 in the fifth.
Schabert said the longest home run he’s seen was hit by West Aurora’s Rich Becker, who now plays for the Minnesota Twins.
Off-Season Proposition Bet Tally - 1 won - 4 lost
Great.
Even in high school the twins are better than us.
Joe Buck is just White Noise to me. It’s like the game is being called by a CD of whale songs. - mechanical turk
by blackoutsox on Oct 6, 2011 2:17 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Yep. This is probably the roots of my Twain hate and I didn't even know it
Off-Season Proposition Bet Tally - 1 won - 4 lost
i gave up a homer to a lefty at oak lawn
that my coach said was the longest homer he’s ever seen. it was quite the bomb. there wasn’t a fence… but it sailed over a softball field and almost hit the 1st baseman. (the softball field was in deep right field of our baseball field).
me and my friends speculated in 2006 that it may have been my arch nemesis rob mackowiak who hit it… but the years don’t add up. that is probably my hate for mackowiak though. lol
later that year i hit a homer on the Hillcrest freshman field that hit the back of the football bleachers. i don’t know how far that was… but it would have been out of the cell thats for sure. good times.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
Thats cool, I really wish we had played your high school since we were the same year
I think i have told you though that we played your highschool in freshman year football and kicked their ass on their own field. There was broken glass on the field and the whole town smelled of sewage.
Off-Season Proposition Bet Tally - 1 won - 4 lost
by Rhubarb on Oct 6, 2011 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol. it wasn't sewage.
it was the sweet smell of Argo Corn Products. Nothing like it.
i could believe the broken glass on the freshman fields for sure… but actually argo has some of the sweetest athletic facilities there is. especially on the basketball side.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
the football teams were always a joke.. until apparently this year.
the baseball teams were either just under or just above .500. Basketball, soccer and wrestling was where the bread was buttered.
Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.
i once hit a bouncer for a six
that broke a pane of glass in the Vergers greenhouse
by hoodlight on Oct 6, 2011 11:43 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
how can a bouncer be a six?
wouldn’t that be a four?
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
no
bouncer is name given to delivery of bowler
by hoodlight on Oct 6, 2011 12:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
ah yes, thanks. that makes sense.
actually, no it doesn’t. nothing about that sport makes sense. it is literally insane.(although i’m in favor of any sport in which you can stop for tea.)
"michael gilhaney is an example of a man that is nearly banjaxed from the principal of the atomic theory. would it astonish you to hear that he is nearly half a bicycle?" ~~ sergeant pluck
i watched some while i was in australia.
i thought i was losing my mind. the game never ends. they played for a week.
Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Well, really,
he’d averaged what he averaged in 2006, with the same number over 451. Talk about a SSS.
"MY NAME IS YOANIS CESPEDEZ YOU KILLED MY FATHER" WHAT!
We're now talking about pitches?
I thought we were talking about distance. Attorneys are always changing the subject.
"MY NAME IS YOANIS CESPEDEZ YOU KILLED MY FATHER" WHAT!
This is advanced logic.
I only regurgitate what I’ve read and process nothing.
"MY NAME IS YOANIS CESPEDEZ YOU KILLED MY FATHER" WHAT!
Dunn knew that hitting a HR longer than Konerko's best would be disrespectful
He just wanted to fit in.
"I don't give a flying f**k who you think I look like"
Juan Pierre off of Ubaldo Jimenez against Cleveland on 8/16.
It went a whopping 344 feet.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
And here is the video
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18087183
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
I like Ozzie's look of disinterest over Dunn's HR
"Alex is our best option right now." - Ozzie Guillen answering the media regarding Alex Rios continually batting clean-up (8/31/11)
he had already checked out.
why would he have cared?
"Rhubarb, if you wouldn’t mind, ram your taint into your monitor as hard as you can." - joewho112
Speaking of Dunn...
Anyone hear how the off-season conditioning is going?
Is he pumping iron and in the cages for several hours a day?
"Alex is our best option right now." - Ozzie Guillen answering the media regarding Alex Rios continually batting clean-up (8/31/11)
He should start by running and dieting.
Jiggle jiggle.
To my knowledge, certain things were not known.
-James Murdoch
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Oct 6, 2011 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Occam's razor, Jim?
“Dunn falls short [insert 2011]”
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, 1/2 pack of cigarettes...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Robin Ventura is our new manager?!
What the hell?!!
To my knowledge, certain things were not known.
-James Murdoch
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Oct 6, 2011 3:47 PM CDT reply actions
The Score is saying an official press release lists Ventura.
I’m thoroughly unimpressed. No thanks.
To my knowledge, certain things were not known.
-James Murdoch
by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Oct 6, 2011 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
What is sadder?
Hawk telling routine flyballs to “stretch”, or Hawk telling 450-foot homers to “stretch”?
"The Sox have a better home record than the Twins, but...we're not at home right now." -DJ
by Joist on Oct 6, 2011 5:06 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
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