Nothing in common but this trust
I'm like a minus, she's like a plus
One going up, one coming down
But we seem to land on common ground
When things go wrong we make corrections
To keep things moving in the right direction
Try to fight it but I'm telling you Jack

It's useless, Opposites Attract

Back in June I started a human league entry for Adam Dunn, but I never posted it because it sucked. In fact, none of my human league ideas were working, and I couldn't pinpoint what I didn't like about them. So I shut down the category until I could figure out exactly how these profiles were failing to satisfy my needs.

Five months later, my standards have apparently tanked, because this Human League entry doesn't look so bad anymore. And, what with all the recent talk of trading Dunn, I figure I probably better take my opportunity to post it now. Besides, it's sort of fun to remember back to June before all hope was entirely lost for 2005. Sigh. We were so naive back then.

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The Human League series contains profiles of Reds players to cover the stuff that matters to me about baseball players. I don't embarrass myself by trying to write any deep statistical analysis: there are plenty of competent people doing doing that already. The Human League profiles are just supposed to give beginners a sense of what a guy's about as a person and a player.

That being said, it's also important to note that this information is based on nothing but Internet research and my own observations. I have no intention of being impartial or exhaustive, but I do welcome your additions, corrections, complaints, hell send me your shopping list if you want to.

Today, let's take a closer look at Adam Dunn.

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Till next week, keep on kickin' it with animated cats.

Gotta give a shout-out to the following Web sites for providing knowledge above-and-beyond. Check them out for more (and better) information.

• Adam Dunn: A True (Outcomes) Hero on The Hardball Times
• JockBio:Adam Dunn Biography on JockBio.com
• Cincinnati Reds: Player Information on The Official Site
• Adam Dunn: Information from Answers.com on Answers.com
• The Boys of Summer on Cincinnati Weekly
• Mailbag: Fans hope to keep core on The Official Site
• Adam Dunn Love Match on CelebMatch.com

Gotta give a shout-out to the following Web sites for providing knowledge above-and-beyond. Check them out for more (and better) information.

• Adam Dunn: A True (Outcomes) Hero on The Hardball Times
• JockBio:Adam Dunn Biography on JockBio.com
• Cincinnati Reds: Player Information on The Official Site
• Adam Dunn: Information from Answers.com on Answers.com
• The Boys of Summer on Cincinnati Weekly
• Mailbag: Fans hope to keep core on The Official Site
• Adam Dunn Love Match on CelebMatch.com

When you select a player’s jersey to wear, you are expressing your admiration for that player, but you’re also saying something about yourself. Should you decide to don #44, you are part of such a large group that you could be saying any number of things about yourself, including:

• You are a dude who likes to think that you’re as much of a big, tough guy as Dunn.
• You are a hot chick who picked your Dunn shirt out of the little kids section to get that super-tight fit that you like so well.
• You are a little kid who likes the number 4.
• You are a person who didn’t know which jersey to pick, so you picked the one they had the most of, figuring that at least you’d fit in.

When you select a player's jersey to wear, you are expressing your admiration for that player, but you're also saying something about yourself. Should you decide to don #44, you are part of such a large group that you could be saying any number of things about yourself, including:

• You are a dude who likes to think that you're as much of a big, tough guy as Dunn.
• You are a hot chick who picked your Dunn shirt out of the little kids section to get that super-tight fit that you like so well.
• You are a little kid who likes the number 4.
• You are a person who didn't know which jersey to pick, so you picked the one they had the most of, figuring that at least you'd fit in.