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Article: CINCINNATI REDS; DUNN'S TALL ORDER: BAT FIRST

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June 2, 2003
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MIAMI - For Adam Dunn, batting leadoff Sunday for the Cincinnati Reds was a professional first, but not a career first. His coach at New Caney (Texas) High School did it for self-preservation.

"I did it a lot in high school after my sophomore year," Dunn said. "During the regional tournament my sophomore year one team intentionally walked me five times in an 11-inning game. I was 1 for 1 in 11 innings and it was a joke. After that my coach batted me leadoff so I'd get at least one at-bat in the first inning of every game when they wouldn't walk me."

Junior Griffey saw the lineup card before the game and began laughing over the absurdity of who would bat last (pitcher John Riedling) and who ...

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