After Dunn took batting practice with his new team for the first time Saturday, a reporter asked him at what point during the offseason did he first pick up a bat to work on hitting.
Was it around Thanksgiving? Mid-December? New Year's Day?
"Twenty minutes ago," Dunn deadpanned. He was being funny, but also earnest. It really had been 20 minutes. Before that, it was October and Dunn was still playing for the Washington Nationals.
"But this is not my first year to do that," Dunn said. "I've probably done it [that way] since '05 or '06. It just seems to work better for me."
That's right. Dunn doesn't need no stinkin' offseason to get ready. That's what spring training is for — or used to be, until players built batting cages in their homes and teams had minicamps in January.
Gotta love his approach here. Fucking rejecting social norms like it's his fucking bizz. He didn't even lie about it either, which might be the best part. Like any other lazy asshole would be like "yeah, I was hitting the weights hard all winter... blah blah blah" but Dunn was just like "fuck that" and gave it to em straight. He'll fit right in on the South Side.
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