Karaoke Time

[The Duke]

As per John Fay...

frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/redsinsider/

Bonding to the karaoke beat

It may not lead to one more win. It may not mean a thing. But things like the karaoke night the Reds had Sunday are good for building team chemistry.

"It was a lot of fun," Marcus McBeth said. "I'm glad they did it for us. A lot of bonding."

The idea was Adam Dunn's, although he would not take full credit for it.

"I think it was a collaboration," he said. "But everyone showed up. Everyone had a lot of fun. We have a lot of new guys, so it was good for them. It's something we haven't done in the past. It went really well."

Jay Bruce said his rendition of the Copa Cabana went well.

"Awesome," he said. "I killed."

But McBeth was the winner. He did "As Good As I Once Was" by Toby Keith and "Gin and Juice" by Snoop Dogg. McBeth's voice is about as deep as James Earl Jones'. But he had never sung before.

"I sound good in the shower, though," he said. "I'm glad they didn't give me a high-pitched song."

Some people write this off as stupid, but when you get a big group of guys together, especially athletes, this kind of dumb fun is the stuff that brings teams together. When you can have fun with those you around everyday, it does make it that much better and less like a job. Kudos to Adam Dunn for putting somethign like this together.

[Lark11]

Dunn still won't get any credit from some in the media, who view him as a clubhouse cancer.

[schellis]

Dunn is by far and away the team leader. I think he comes off to some as a lazy prima dona, but I think alot of what he does in the clubhouse is finally starting to show.

Every time you read about a young rookie position player coming up its Dunn that is the first to befriend him and show him the ropes.

I have never read anything bad about Dunn off the field or in the clubhouse.

The guy is always team first. Hits anywhere in the lineup, and will play where asked even if he hates it.

And the guy will most definately play hurt. Broken hand, bad knees.

This is the type of player the Reds need to build around.

And though he didn't say it Dunn's was a major player in getting something like this off the ground I'm sure.

[The Duke]

This is the stuff I haven't heard of anyone doing in Cincy in years, I wanted Dunn to start doing stuff like this a couple years ago, but I never heard of him doing it. Get him a 4 year extension.