Jeez, if Jeff Bagwell can't get in, and Frank Howard (a similar type, but much more consistent batter) couldn't get more then 2% of the vote when he was eligible...I don't see how Adam Dunn doesn't get knocked off the ballot his first year eligible, no matter how many HR's he ends up hitting.
He's basically Gorman Thomas c. 1978-85, spread out over a bit longer time period, though Thomas was probably a much more valuable fielder in his heyday then Dunn ever was.
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