This one’s too good to pass up.

So the story goes like this: Last week on his radio show, Toronto general manager JP Ricciardi trashed Reds slugger Adam Dunn, saying he “doesn’t really like baseball much” and “We’ve done our homework on guys like Adam Dunn and there’s a reason why we don’t want Adam Dunn”.

Whoa.

Then, Dunn fired back:

“I know nothing about this clown. I have no idea who he is … This guy doesn’t know anything about me other than what he sees on whatever SportsCenter they have up there. That’s it.”

So Ricciardi called the press, apologized, called Reds’ GM Walt Jocketty, apologized, and told him if Dunn wanted to talk he’d apologize again. Then, Ricciardi said Dunn called.

“”I talked to Adam on Saturday, so I see it as a dead issue … I don’t know if he accepted my apology. But I did apologize.”

And that’s it, case closed. Ricciardi said something stupid, apologized a number of times, the last time to Dunn, and everyone can move on. Good thing, since the Reds were in Toronto Tuesday night. Wouldn’t want this to turn again.

One problem.

“If he said he talked to me,” Dunn said, “it’s a lie”.

Oh no. And it just gets better.

Word gets back to Ricciardi that Dunn said they never talked, and JP is pissed. Says someone named Adam Dunn called him. Talked to JP while he was with the assistant GM and head of security. Listened to his apology. Called from the 519 area code.

Wait, hang tight JP: Cincinnati’s area code is 513.

Oh snap. JP just got Howard Sterned!

JP, we don’t expect you to know every area code in North America, but 519 should be familiar because, well, it covers much of southwestern Ontario.

Yes, JP Ricciardi got punked by someone in his own province.

Oh snap.

BTW, all this overshadows the Blue Jays easy 14-1 win over Cincinnati in a game where Dunn, hitting .221 and slow as an elephant, batted second. And he went 1-for-3.