Not a Dunn deal

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Andrew Baggarly of the Merc-News blogs a farewell to Fire Joe Morgan and links to a Philly columnist embarrassing himself by whining about how unfair it is that new stats have gained enough traction so that a useful performance measure like Value Over Replacement Player actually helped voters to make the correct decision that Albert Pujols should win the MVP over Ryan Howard. (What a sore winner -- isn't winning the Series good enough?)

What's of interest to Giants fans is Baggarly's opinion that Adam Dunn won't be in the Orange and Black any time soon: On an unrelated note, Adam Dunn is a .157 hitter with four home runs in 89 career at-bats at AT&T Park. (Over the past three seasons, it’s .103 — 4-for-39 — with nary an RBI or extra-base hit.) Perhaps that explains why I haven’t heard his name floated in any Giants-related rumors.

As someone who was there at Mays Field on Sept. 10, I can tell you that he's also really lousy as an outfielder. He badly misplayed a catchable Velez flyball in the 3rd, which scored 2 runs in what turned out to be a glorious 4-3 vic.