In 2010, Adam Dunn hit 38 homers...running his career total to 354.How good is that? Try this on for size. In Major League history, only Albert Pujols (408), Eddie Mathews (370) and Ralph Kiner (370) were more prolific through their first ten season.Heck, there was a time when Dunn was looking to tie Babe Ruth to become the only players to have seven straight seasons with 40 or more home runs.But, thanks to a dismal 2011, all that is in the past. The promise of a great career was forgotten thanks to a .159 batting average, 11 homers, 42 RBI and 177 strikeouts.“Everything I’ve done my entire life has been discredited by one stupid year,’’ Dunn told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I don’t want to make excuses. There are a few things that I probably look back on and say, ‘I shouldn’t have done this or that,’ a few things I probably would have done a little differently, but it’s over with. I can’t take it back. I don’t ...
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