That's right -- the (second) best player in the Midwest

I've been screaming all year that Narron needed to put Adam Dunn higher in the lineup. He's fourth on the team in OBP coming into tonight (.372, although mired in a semi-slump) second in slugging and OPS (.551, .924, behind only the non-qualifier but deadly David Ross) and he's simply the best player the Reds have. I shouted to the rooftops last night when, after starting him second in the line-up, Narron saw Dunn win the game for the Reds on a double in the bottom of the eighth -- Cincinnati's last at-bat.


Tonight, I'm right again.


The Reds hurlers did everything they could to throw the game away, but Bob Wickman made a host of mistakes in the bottom of ninth, setting up the second hitter -- Dunn -- with the bases loaded, down by three, two outs.


Cue dramatic music. Slow to half speed. Forget it, he hit the shit out of it. It was a line-drive single that went over the wall for a walk-off grand slam. Which made me think one thing -- this is why Dunn should bat second, not sixth.


The Reds are currently tied for first. If you think Adam Dunn strikes out too much, SHUT THE HELL UP.