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Hidden Sox assets: Adam Dunn and Alex Rios
January 29
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"The way Adam Dunn sees it, the White Sox added two key players this offseason: Alex Rios and Adam Dunn. Those former All-Stars contributed almost nothing last season, so you see where Dunn is going with this. "We made two pretty good moves," Dunn said Saturday at SoxFest. "That was hopefully getting me and Alex back. That's the way I'm looking at it. We pretty much have the same team. We lost a couple of key players [Mark Buehrle, Carlos Quentin, Sergio Santos]. We have guys capable of stepping in and filling that role and do a little better. That's what we're expecting." Looking healthy, rested and somewhat lighter — although he couldn't say how much because he doesn't step on a scale —"
Dunn believes he and Rios can turn things around
January 29
Chicago Tribune
 
"Adam Dunn arrived Saturday at SoxFest appearing leaner than his 6-foot-6, 285-pound frame suggests. And, typically, the embattled White Sox slugger looked optimistically to the future. "We made two pretty good moves this off-season," said Dunn, who last season struck out a franchise record 177 times, batted .159 and failed to hit 38 home runs for the first time since 2003. "That was hopefully getting me and Alex (Rios) back. That's the way I'm looking at it. We lost a couple of key players. We have guys capable of stepping in and filling that role and do a little better. That's what we're expecting.""
Looking ahead, Dunn forgetting recent past
January 25
Chicago Tribune
 
"Adam Dunn admits it has been difficult to forget his miserable 2011 season. "During the first week, I was OK," Dunn said Tuesday in a telephone interview from his Houston-area home. "But I couldn't shake it for a while." Now, about one month before the start of spring training, the White Sox slugger believes he has purged the memory of his franchise-record 177 strikeouts and a .159 batting average. "I'm ready to go," Dunn said in a confident tone. "I don't need another month.""
SoxFest represents fresh start for Dunn
January 22
Chicago Tribune
 
"In what can be classified as either one of the bravest moves ever or one of self-flagellation, Adam Dunn will appear at this weekend's SoxFest. Given that anyone who is 6 feet 6, weighs somewhere on either side of 300 pounds and usually has a big scruff of beard is hard to disguise, White Sox fans certainly will know their villain. And they are expected to let him know about it, as if he already hadn't heard enough last summer. But, hand it to Dunn, he's not backing away — at least that's what the pre-Fest publicity sheets tell us — from fans who gave him plenty of chances last year."
Guillen refuses to pin blame on Sox's down year on Dunn, Rios
September 26
Chicago Tribune
 
"Sunday was a day of reflection for Ozzie Guillen, which was a good idea since it would be awkward for him to look ahead to next year when he may not be the White Sox's manager. Most fans lay blame for the Sox's demise — and thus Guillen's — on Adam Dunn and Alex Rios, who started the first series of the season as the third and fifth hitters in the lineup. And while it may not be quite that simple, those two seem to have never bought in to the "all in" ad campaign, combining for fewer than 25 homers and barely 90 RBIs for the 77-82 Sox after Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Royals. In the eyes of many fans, the greatest criticism of Guillen was sticking with Dunn and Rios for three-fourths of the"
White Sox' Adam Dunn a little tardy at plate
September 21
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Paul Konerko took one on the hip. Gordon Beckham got it on the number on his back. And Alexei Ramirez got drilled on his left shoulder. Three pitches, three direct hits, each player wrapped in ice after the Sox salvaged a split of their day-night doubleheader with a 5-4 victory Tuesday night against the Indians. This win really hurt. Beckham had three doubles before Josh Judy, who hit Brent Lillibridge with a pitch in Chicago that ended his season, got Beckham in the ninth. Two batters later, it was Ramirez's turn to wear it. "We're obviously upset, but I don't think they were throwing at them,'' manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Kids from the minor leagues finding their way. That's part of the"
After season, Dunn will speak no more of terrible 2011
September 21
Chicago Tribune
 
"No matter how strong Adam Dunn finishes the regular season, the White Sox's embattled slugger said he won't talk about 2011 once the season ends. "I don't know what Dr. Phil or anyone would say about it, but that's the way I'm going to go about it," Dunn said Tuesday after hitting two doubles in the first game of a doubleheader in Cleveland. "It has been obviously a hard season, not for me, but my family and everyone who's associated with me. So I think everyone wants to put it behind them, too. So that's what we're going to do.""
White Sox' Adam Dunn certain woes at plate are mental
September 18
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Adam Dunn got his fourth hit of the season against left-handed pitching in his 86th at-bat when he lined a single to left-center field off Everett Teaford in the fourth inning Saturday night. Dunn, who'll turn 32 in the offseason, feels certain his hitting woes are mental, not physical, so he's planning on his usual workout routine this offseason. "I've been doing the same thing workout-wise for the last seven or eight years with a good group of guys we work out with in Houston,'' said Dunn, who had a set of decent at-bats for the second consecutive night."
Expect White Sox' Adam Dunn to sit more after Dayan Viciedo's HR
August 29
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Dayan Viciedo knows how to make an entrance. After blooping a single to center field in his first at-bat on Sunday, the 22-year-old slugger lined a three-run homer to center, dramatically breaking a scoreless tie and sending the Sox to a 9-3 victory against the Seattle Mariners. With Viciedo making his long-awaited presence felt immediately and Adam Dunn being sent to the bench to get his mind and bat right for 2012, the Sox completed a three-game sweep that pushed them over .500 for the second time since April 16. They moved past the Cleveland Indians into second place and cut the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers' lead to six. Hitting a home run in his first game this season was one"
Dunn understands that his playing time will diminish
August 29
Chicago Tribune
 
"A frustrated Adam Dunn accepts the probably that he won't have a chance to salvage his season in the final 4½ weeks. "I'm a realist," Dunn said Sunday before Dayan Viciedo hit a three-run home run in his first game with the Sox this season. "I'm not like an idiot. We're right in the middle of things. What do you do? What do you say?" With a .163 batting average, 156 strikeouts and an .037 batting average (3-for-81) against left-handed pitchers, manager Ozzie Guillen had little choice but to talk Sunday with Dunn about a possible reduced role. "Every time he has an at-bat, my heart stops," Guillen said, "because I want him to produce for him and for us, and feel better (that) he can help"
Past time for Dunn to grab a seat
August 26
Chicago Tribune
 columnist David Haugh
"Not sure if Sox manager Ozzie Guillen listens anymore when his boss, Ken Williams, speaks. Honestly not sure anymore about anything the White Sox do —except make you talk to your television. Apparently Guillen never heard Williams announce a month ago that the Sox were done paying more attention to paychecks than batting averages. That making a climb in the standings took precedent over getting a return on Jerry Reinsdorf's $127 million investment. If what Williams said about putting the best nine players in the lineup registered, why has Adam Dunn had 75 plate appearances since then despite hitting only .188 with one home run? An injury to Paul Konerko explains some of it, but not all."
Guillen, Dunn differ over gesture in third inning
August 25
Chicago Tribune
 
"There was no doubt in manager Ozzie Guillen's mind that first baseman Adam Dunn lost track of the outs when he trotted toward the Chicago White Sox's dugout after stepping on first base for the second out in the third inning. "Then he tried to make a pretty good move," said Guillen, referring to Dunn acting as if he was ready to toss the ball in the dugout before retreating to his position. "I played this game for 30 years. You can't make the move for somewhere else."
Trip to Anaheim, Seattle could be good news for Dunn
August 23
Chicago Tribune
 
"Adam Dunn's struggles against left-handed pitchers have been well-documented, but he will be front and center as the White Sox face overpowering right-handers Ervin Santana and Jered Weaver on Tuesday and Wednesday in Anaheim. Ditto for the final three games of the trip in Seattle. The last time the Sox traveled to Seattle and Anaheim (May 6-11), Dunn had his best streak of the season. His six-game stats: 10-for-23 (.435) with five doubles, a homer and four RBIs. Dunn is also 5-for-15 in his last four games before the trip. But the decision of whether to play Dunn against lefties remains, given his .037 average against them."
White Sox can't clean up Adam Dunn's mess for him
August 17
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"For a man so lost, Adam Dunn is actually very aware of his surroundings. The White Sox' lefty-hitting veteran knows what's on the mind of an approaching reporter before a single question is asked. He knows what the hand on a shoulder from a teammate means before the word of advice is spoken. He knows how his home crowd is going to react to his name hours before the first strikeout. Now, if he could just figure out how he got to this point. Being 6-6 and 290-plus pounds never felt so small. ''Dude, everyone can think they know what this is like, and things like that, but no one in this room knows what it's like because no one has ever done this,'' the struggling Dunn said Tuesday, looking"
Missed opportunities haunt Dunn, Sox in 6-4 loss
August 11
Chicago Tribune
 
"As remarkable as the Sox's rally from a four-run deficit was Wednesday night, their missed opportunities in the eighth and 10th innings typified their season-long problems. And Adam Dunn's 0-for-4, three-strikeout performance typified the Sox's inability to deliver in the clutch. Dunn, who is 3-for-78, was on deck when Alex Rios hit a hard grounder to short for the final out of the 10th with A.J. Pierzynski stranded on second. But Dunn struck out after Rios led off the fifth with a double, and the Sox scored three runs to tie the game in the seventh after Dunn hit a routine grounder to first base. With the score tied at 4 in the eighth, the Sox had the makings of a big rally as the first"
White Sox slugger Adam Dunn will alter his workout routine
August 9
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Adam Dunn and manager Ozzie Guillen hadn't talked about the struggling slugger's offseason routine, a subject Guillen brought up for the first time Sunday. "I've done the same workout with the same people,'' Dunn said of his offseason fitness work. "But as far as baseball stuff, I'll probably — definitely — hit this offseason. Just do what I can to not let this happen again, obviously." Dunn has been upfront and as open as he can be with the media about his season to forget, his first in the American League. But the subject wears him out as much as it wears out White Sox fans. He didn't directly face a group of reporters at his locker before Monday's game as he answered questions, which"
White Sox's Dunn plans to change offseason routine
August 9
Chicago Tribune
 
"Adam Dunn said he looks forward to making some of the offseason adjustments suggested Sunday by White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. "I've done the same workout with the same people," Dunn said Monday. "But as far as baseball stuff, I'll probably … will definitely … hit this offseason. I'll just do what I can to not let this happen again, obviously." Dunn said his move to a new home in The Woodlands, Texas, will allow him more opportunities to hit in the offseason. Dunn said during spring training that he often doesn't swing a bat in the offseason. Guillen decided against speaking to Dunn before Monday's game and elected to let him play and hit his way out of his rut. Dunn had an RBI single"
Slugger's season is totally un-Dunn
August 8
Washington Times
 columnist Deron Snyder
"Baseball fate hasn't been kind this season to former Nationals slugger Adam Dunn, who's struggling through a horrific campaign of unprecedented ugliness. But at least the schedule-maker was kind enough to put Washington on the road for its interleague series against the White Sox in June, sparing Dunn the ignominy of dragging a .175 batting average into Nationals Park for his first visit since leaving. That might go down as his lone stroke of good fortune this season. On Monday, Dunn will be in Washington's vicinity again - up the road for a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles - with his batting average scraping along at .163 through Saturday. He's in danger of supplanting Rob"
Ozzie Guillen to give Adam Dunn another 'mental break'
August 8
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Adam Dunn was out of the White Sox' starting lineup again Sunday, and that still wasn't a bad thing as the South Siders closed out a sweep of the Minnesota Twins at Target Field with the 7-0 victory. The Sox are now 11-10 when their big-ticket free-agent acquisition is greeting teammates in the dugout rather than haunting them with his .163 batting average. Manager Ozzie Guillen is giving Dunn another "mental break,'' but he's not sure how long it will last. Guillen did say that it would benefit Dunn to show up to spring training next year in baseball shape. "I think you learn with a cost,'' Guillen said. "You learn what happens. Before, when you have a good career and you do one thing,"
Danks' run of success comes to a quick end
August 3
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"John Danks had been the White Sox' most solid starter in his last six outings, going 4-0 with a 0.98 ERA. It was a marked turnaround from his 0-8 record and 5.25 ERA in his first 11 starts. Until he faced the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. Danks, who had allowed one home run in his last six starts, gave up two in the first three innings. Russell Martin homered in the second and Mark Teixeira in the third en route to a 6-0, rain-shortened victory. Teixeira went deep again in the seventh, giving him one from each side of the plate. ''He paid the price because the pitch count was deep,'' manager Ozzie Guillen said of Danks (4-9), who threw 114 pitches in six innings in his first loss"
Rios, Dunn aware struggles hurting White Sox, vow to keep working
August 3
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"The last thing Alex Rios and Adam Dunn needed was an injury to Paul Konerko — one more spotlight shining on how badly the White Sox struggle to score runs. Rios and Dunn are the poster children for a pitter-patter offense, and they know the Sox would be leading the AL Central if they were having normal years and not hitting .206 and .165, respectively. "We obviously don't want to be in the situation we're in,'' Rios said before he went 0-for-2 in the Sox' rain-shortened 6-0 loss to the New York Yankees in seven innings that extended their losing streak to four. "Let's talk about me. I'm having a bad season. Some people think that you don't care or this and that. They don't understand. You"
Dunn losing guessing game at plate
August 3
Chicago Tribune
 
"Manager Ozzie Guillen spoke for himself as well as many White Sox followers when asked what he saw when embattled slugger Adam Dunn was at the plate. "I want to cry," Guillen said Tuesday, one day after Dunn struck out three times to increase his season total to 137. "A lot of swing and a miss. Right now I think he's guessing. A lot of the time he's guessing what's coming, and a lot of times he's maybe guessing the wrong pitch. "It gets to the point when you struggle that bad, you just want to put the ball in play. After that, for a little while, he was swinging at every pitch. And I say, 'If you're not hitting and you're not walking, you're going to be worse. Make sure you get a pitch you"
No place to hide Dunn in Sox's loss to Yankees
August 2
Chicago Tribune
 
"Manager Ozzie Guillen rejected the thought of dropping struggling slugger Adam Dunn from the middle of the Chicago White Sox's batting order before Monday night's 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees. Guillen's reasoning was that several of the other Sox's players hadn't done well against left-handers. That was correct, although A.J. Pierzynski and Gordon Beckham - whom each had struggled against left-handers this season - each collected two hits against CC Sabathia. As for Dunn, his struggles continued as he struck out three times against Sabathia to increase his season total to 137. Dunn did receive plenty of support from Pierzynski and Beckham after the game. "I love Adam Dunn, on and off"
Dunn is disaster in Chicago
July 31
Washington Examiner
 columnist Phil Wood
"As disappointing as Jayson Werth's season has been for the Nationals -- and there's no way anyone can sugarcoat what he hasn't been able to do on offense -- imagine how Chicago White Sox fans must feel about our old friend Adam Dunn? Dunn spurned a three-year offer to stay in Washington for a four-year, $56-million deal with the White Sox, a decision that was contrary to a previously stated preference to stay in the National League. Dunn would have to DH with Chicago, a role he had said time and time again he'd rather not take on. There was talk early on that he'd share first base duties with Paul Konerko, but entering this weekend he'd only played defense in 15 games at first. When the"
Offseason routine may explain Adam Dunn's slump with White Sox
July 29
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"The White Sox' Adam Dunn never has hit during the offseason, and it hasn't been an issue. Why would it be? Dunn went into this season trailing only Albert Pujols among baseball's home-run leaders since 2004. Only when he didn't hit during the season were questions raised about how Dunn spends his winter vacations. A 10-year veteran, the 31-year-old Dunn bristled at the notion that he doesn't work out in the offseason. The 6-6, 285-pounder is no fitness buff, but he says he does his offseason work. ''I always work out, I just never hit,'' he said. But that might change for Dunn, who easily is having his worst season batting .163 with 10 home runs. His family's new home near Houston is"
No evidence White Sox want to part with Quentin, but have dangled Dunn
July 28
ESPN.com
 
"Despite reports Wednesday that the Phillies are turning their attention to Carlos Quentin in the wake of their lack of progress on the Pence front, executives of three teams told the Daily Rumble they've seen no evidence the White Sox have serious interest in trading Quentin, now that they've pulled to within 3.5 games of first place. One name we were told they did dangle, just to see what happened: Adam Dunn."
Dunn insulted right-hander uses intentional walk to get to him
July 27
Chicago Tribune
 
"Adam Dunn fully understood it Monday night when the Tigers elected to walk Paul Konerko intentionally to pitch to him. But the left-handed hitting Dunn appeared irked when he recalled a similar situation Sunday, especially because the Indians instructed right-hander Justin Masterson to walked Konerko intentionally to pitch to him. "That will never happen again," Dunn said Tuesday. "It shouldn't. But (Monday night), you knew (with Detroit left-hander Duane Below on the mound). Anyone would have done that. It didn't matter who was hitting behind Paul. The (intentional walk) in Cleveland, it's not going to happen again. That's ridiculous.""
Dunn reiterates that he's not walking away
July 23
MLB.com
 
"Adam Dunn is not injured. More importantly, he's not retiring anytime soon.

"I'm not going anywhere," Dunn said with a laugh, standing in the White Sox clubhouse prior to Friday's contest at Progressive Field. "I promise you -- for a while."

Dunn had his left knee drained on Monday, due to a problem from before the All-Star break that happened while he working out in the weight room. But Dunn was more taken aback from the buzz caused by a Wednesday column on Yahoo! Sports, in which the headline focused on a "candid Dunn thinking about quitting."

Although Dunn had not read the article as of Friday, he reiterated his point from the interview that if he wasn't having fun in the game,"

White Sox' Adam Dunn disputes Yahoo! story, says he's no quitter
July 23
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Adam Dunn hadn't seen the story, so he was stunned to hear about it when reporters followed up in the visitors clubhouse at Progressive Field on Friday. ''I did? What did I say?'' Dunn asked. Dunn apparently told a Yahoo! Sports columnist he would walk away from baseball if he was no longer enjoying the game. He was quoted later in the story as saying he wouldn't do that. ''Yeah, no chance," Dunn repeated Friday. He glanced up at the Cubs game on the clubhouse television in amazement, and not because the Cubs were beating the Astros. ''That's unbelievable," Dunn continued. "That's why you don't talk to those kind of people. ''Yeah, I guess I could chop up and write whatever I want and make"
No easy fixes for Sox's hitting woes
July 22
Chicago Tribune
 columnist Mark Gonzales
"Manager Ozzie Guillen tweeted Thursday that his right eye is fine, one day after getting nailed with a foul ball that caromed off the backstop. Now if he could only find a cure for the White Sox's woes that run deeper than designated-hitter Adam Dunn's frigid bat. After missing his second game Wednesday because of a sore knee, Dunn is expected to return to the lineup Friday night for the start of an important American League Central showdown in Cleveland — where the Sox offense has sputtered since scoring 23 runs in the first two games here April 1-2. Dunn — who is batting .158 with 124 strikeouts — played catch and shagged flies during batting practice Wednesday, so a trip to the 15-day"
Dunn: 'If I'm not having fun anymore, I'll go home'
July 22
Chicago Tribune
 
"Yahoo! Sports reports: Although Adam Dunn says he will quit if baseball ceases being fun for him, the struggling Chicago White Sox slugger says he can't ever envision doing so. "If I'm not having fun anymore, I'll go home," he said. "Flat out. I'll go home. ... How many games can you play doing this? This is ridiculous.""
Candid Dunn admits thinking about quitting
July 21
Yahoo! Sports
 columnist Jeff Passan
"Adam Dunn is talking about quitting. He's talking about it like he's been thinking about it, like it's always a possibility, a failsafe if this misery continues. And then he's talking about it like the chances of him doing it are infinitesimal because he adores baseball, even as it corrodes his sense of self. And then he's talking about it like he's not sure what he thinks, which tends to happen when a 31-year-old with 363 career home runs suddenly forgets how to hit a baseball. "If I'm not having fun anymore, I'll go home," Dunn told Yahoo! Sports. "Flat out. I'll go home. I mean that. Swear to goodness. I'll. Go. Home. I enjoy playing. Even though I suck. Or have been sucking. I enjoy"
Sox considering back-to-back nights off for Adam Dunn
July 20
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Adam Dunn was out of the lineup Tuesday night, and it's not out of the question he'll sit out tonight, too, manager Ozzie Guillen said. The Kansas City Royals started left-hander Danny Duffy and will start lefty Bruce Chen tonight. Dunn is 2-for-64 against left-handers with 29 of his 124 strikeouts, but Dunn (.158, nine home runs, 36 RBI) is struggling against pitchers of all shapes and sizes. ''It depends on how we do today — then we'll figure out tomorrow,'' Guillen said. Guillen let out a big sigh when asked if he's at a loss about what to do with Dunn, who's in the first year of a four-year, $56 million contract. Since hitting a two-run single against Justin Verlander in the first game"
Guillen will let Dunn swing away
July 18
Chicago Tribune
 
"White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen won't protect Adam Dunn if his strikeout rate increases to the point where he could break Mark Reynolds' major league record of 223 strikeouts in 2009. "I will sit him down if he's not helping the ballclub, but not because of a mark," Guillen said Sunday. "Not at all, no. (If) we need him to take a break and give somebody a chance, I will do it. "I'm not a stats person. I don't read papers. I don't. The only thing I read is when (bench coach) Joey Cora says, 'You better read this.' That's the only time I touch the papers. I don't sit down with stats and with this guy does this or that. I get help from my coaches." Dunn struck out for the 122nd time Sunday"
Dunn, Beckham help White Sox beat Tigers, 8-2
July 16
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the American League Central. Or something like that. Not that the White Sox' division is the hottest thing going. Their 8-2 victory against Justin Verlander (12-5) and the Detroit Tigers kept them within five games of the first-place Cleveland Indians and moved them within four of the Tigers, who are considered the team to beat. And the Sox are three games under .500. But that losing-record stuff is in the Sox' past, they'd like to believe, and what better way to prove it than by beating the AL's best starting pitcher on the first day of a nine-game road swing through the Central after the All-Star break. "I told them today in the meeting, 'It's"
Dunn and Floyd key to Sox victory
July 16
Chicago Tribune
 
"The White Sox spoke collectively about starting the second half of the season with a clean slate. Never were results so convincing, albeit for one game. Embattled slugger Adam Dunn singled in two runs Friday night in the Sox's four-run third inning off the formidable Justin Verlander in a surprisingly cozy 8-2 victory over the Tigers. "It's more fun than I've had in a little while," manager Ozzie Guillen said after the Sox (45-48) won by more than three runs for the first time since an 8-2 triumph June 19 in Arizona. The Sox gained plenty of redemption while maintaining their five-game deficit behind the Indians in the American League Central. They snapped Verlander's seven-game winning"
Cooper: White Sox fans should lay off Dunn
July 15
Chicago Tribune
 
"White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper has had enough of fans booing struggling slugger Adam Dunn. Cooper called out Sox fans for their treatment of Dunn, who has been a first-half free-agent flop on the South Side. Dunn hasn't lived up to the four-year, $56 million deal he signed in the offseason, batting just .160 with only nine home runs and has struck out a league-high 117 times. And the boos Dunn hears at U.S. Cellular after every strikeout or popup certainly aren't helping, Cooper said. "You know what, if you are all fans, why don't you pull for him?" Cooper said on an appearance on WSCR-AM 670's "Mully and Hanley" show Thursday morning. "That will help him come out of it. It makes his"
White Sox' big-spending offseason a big disappointment
July 13
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"It's hard to gauge who needed the All-Star break more: the disappointing White Sox or their disappointed fan base. Expectations are everything, and the Sox' big-spending offseason set the bar where chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager Ken Williams like to put it: high enough to have a chance in the American League Central and, when things fall into place, high enough to dream of making 2005 happen all over again. As Sox fans taking four days to decompress from a frustrating first half know all too well, their team can't seem to beat anybody in its division, let alone the National League champs in October. The Sox are 8-16 within the division, a low blow for a unit selling itself as"
White Sox' Adam Dunn hoping for a great swing break
July 8
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"It's hard to know whether the All-Star break will benefit or hinder Adam Dunn. The way things are going for the White Sox' struggling slugger, it would be his luck to turn it around this weekend, only to be halted by four days off. Dunn will opt for the best-case scenario: Start hitting against the Minnesota Twins, take a breather and pick up where he left off. ''Yeah, it would be nice to get it going a little bit before the All-Star break, take some time off and figure out some stuff and come back the second half and hopefully turn it around,'' Dunn said Thursday. Manager Ozzie Guillen batted Dunn fourth in the lineup, moving Paul Konerko to third for the first time this season. ''I was"
Thome knows the feeling
July 8
Chicago Tribune
 
"White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn admits he has "reached out a little bit" to Jim Thome, the former Sox DH now with the Twins and owner of 595 home runs. The two have similar styles: big swingers from the left side who strike out a lot and walk just as much. As always, Thome was diplomatic when talking about Dunn's season-long struggles, saying, "For me to comment would be out of line." But he does empathize. "As a player you ride it through," Thome said. "As a guy who swings and misses and has struck out a ton, it's hard. When you can have success and are blessed to play a long time and (then go through) those periods, it's tough. "The game is like a roller coaster, but it can all"
Sox slugger Adam Dunn hears boos again
July 6
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"That was nice while it lasted. Adam Dunn had White Sox fans on his side for two at-bats despite a strikeout and a fly out in a 5-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. By the time his 0-for-5 night was over (three strikeouts), the boo-birds were in full voice. "Well, that's my fault,'' Dunn said. "I'll get 'em back.'' "Yes, I feel good. I just went back and looked [at video]. The first strikeout was a good pitch, a tough one for me to hit. I felt fine, feel good. I'm going to have bad games.'' During a 5-4 victory Monday against the Royals, he won the fans over when he raised his helmet in response to a semi-sarcastic ovation after a single. In the eighth, Dunn hit a towering home"
Adam Dunn turns good feeling into 2-run homer in 8th
July 5
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn had a feeling Sunday at Wrigley Field that things might be turning around for him. ''[Sunday] at Wrigley Field, I felt as good as I had in a long time,'' he said Monday. ''And I was hoping it would carry over.'' It did. Dunn hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the eighth inning against Kansas City Royals All-Star Aaron Crow that drew a curtain call. In the fourth, Dunn received a standing ovation with a mere single. But with the score tied in the ninth, all Dunn had to do was stand in the batter's box as Crow committed a balk with two outs and A.J. Pierzynski on third. It gave the Sox a 5-4 victory and put them back at the .500 mark. ''I don't remember"
Dunn supplies his own fireworks in Sox's victory
July 5
Chicago Tribune
 
"Adam Dunn said he honestly didn't know if his high drive in the eighth inning Monday was going to clear the fence for the simple fact that he hadn't hit one since June 12 against Oakland. "I hadn't hit one in so long I almost forgot," Dunn said. "Seriously. I know it hit it on the barrel and hit it straight up. But I'm just glad there was little wind that blew it out." Dunn's home run, which moved him ahead of Joe DiMaggio for sole possession of 72nd place on the all-time home run list with 362, highlighted his eventful night as the Chicago White Sox rallied for a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Dunn's day began with his final early batting practice session against minor league"
White Sox' Adam Dunn not out of the woods by a long shot
July 4
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Ozzie Guillen joked recently that when his wife is feeling amorous, he's too busy worrying about Adam Dunn's hitting to be interested. It's a good thing he was kidding. Otherwise, he'd be a confirmed celibate by now. It has reached the point where you feel good if Dunn simply makes contact with the baseball. It doesn't matter if it's a foul ball; you're happy for the guy. There have been so many misses and so many submissive non-swings that the sound of the ball hitting the bat at least speaks of possibility. A baby-step grounder someday might grow up to be a walk-off home run. On Sunday against the Cubs, Dunn had a strikeout, two pop-ups and a fly to center field. As measly as that"
Dunn hitless again, but he's feeling batter at plate
July 4
Chicago Tribune
 
"The results don't show it, but Adam Dunn felt encouraged by his final three at-bats Sunday even though none resulted in a hit. That was nearly as good as it got for the White Sox's offense, which finished a six-game trip with a 4-2 record despite scoring only 19 runs following a 3-1 loss to the Cubs. "Our season is still in front of us," hitting coach Greg Walker said. "Could we have played better? Could we have made it easier on ourselves? Sure. We haven't made a run. We haven't played well for any length of time since the first week or two of the season, so I'm encouraged the team is fighting. "We won four of six, so we got to get over the fact it's like the sky is falling every time we"
Sox's Dunn will play right field, bat third
July 3
Chicago Tribune
 
"Adam Dunn replaces Carlos Quentin in right field and will bat third for the White Sox on Saturday in their second game of the weekend City Series against the Cubs atWrigley Field. Quentin is hitting .157 in his last 15 games. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said Dunn would play at least one of the three games at Wrigley where Dunn has had some of his greatest success. He pinch-hit on Friday and drew a key walk."
Dunn encouraged despite oh-fer
July 1
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"After two days off, one of which was spent hitting against minor-league pitchers in a simulated game, Adam Dunn was back to batting third, where he started the season. Considering his .171 average, it came as something of a surprise, but manager Ozzie Guillen plans to leave Dunn there for the time being against right-handers. Before the game, Guillen said it doesn't matter where he bats Dunn "because the game will always find him.'' "Cool, bring it,'' Dunn said after he went 0-for-3 with two double plays (one a line drive) and no strikeouts in a 6-4 victory against the Rockies. "My bad days are over. I'm not going to say my bad games are over, but my bad days are. I hit the ball well"
White Sox slugger Adam Dunn unsure about shrink's game
June 29
Chicago Sun-Times
 
"Struggling designated hitter Adam Dunn played golf with White Sox sports psychologist Jeff Fishbein on a recent day off. "He's actually real good, so that added more stress to my life, golfing with him," Dunn said Tuesday. Good to know he has a good short game, but can he fix Dunn's swing? Is he a good shrink? "I talked to him a little bit," Dunn said. "It works for different people. I don't know if it works for me, but you know, I have talked with him, and I even golfed with him. I like him. [But] I don't know what's a good [sports psychologist]. It's my first run-in with one." Dunn struck out four times against the Washington Nationals on Sunday, raising his AL-leading total to 100. He's"
Dunn vows it's back to basics
June 29
Chicago Tribune
 
"After striking out four times Sunday to increase his season total to 100 that dipped his batting average to .173, embattled Chicago White Sox slugger Adam Dunn vows to keep his approach simple and not get too analytical. "I'm not giving up, I promise you," Dunn said Tuesday. "There's still a lot of baseball left. We put ourselves in position where guys who have been struggling have to step it up. "I just need to go back to basics and quit thinking. It's not me. I'm not a thinker. I have to quit thinking. That's not me. I'm not a thinker. Have to see it, hit the (darn) thing and not make it so complicated." Dunn said he has spoken to Dr. Jeffrey Fishbein, a sports psychologist hired by the"