Adam Dunn RUMORS & NEWS

Chicago Tribune "A sinus infection suffered Wednesday has made for some long nights for Chicago White Sox slugger Adam Dunn. But the ailment hasn't affected Dunn at the plate, as Dunn continued his resurgence with a home run off reliever Garrett Richards in the ninth inning of the Sox's 3-0 victory over the Los..." May 18

Chicago Tribune "Paul Konerko returned Wednesday to the Chicago White Sox's lineup Wednesday after a two-game break. But the biggest revival was that of Adam Dunn, who slugged two home runs that vaulted the Sox to a 9-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. The nine runs were a season-high for the Sox. Dunn..." May 16

Chicago Tribune "Despite raising his batting average by 51 points in his last 10 games, Chicago White Sox slugger Adam Dunn remains baffled that he's not more productive. "It's hard to sit there and say, 'I feel good' continuously when the results aren't good," Dunn said Monday before going 1-for-3 with a walk..." May 07

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn believes he's pinpointed the source of his 1-for-31 slump. Correcting it, however, is annother matter. "It's boring," Dunn said before the Chicago White Sox faced Cleveland. "It's two little mechanical things. It's technical. "I can feel it, what it is. I'm just trying to figure..." April 23

Chicago Tribune "Hitting coach Jeff Manto has no doubts that Adam Dunn's mission of hitting earlier in counts will lead to success in 2013, based on his preparation this spring. “Where he sets up and how he sets up physically and mentally, he’s really primed for a great year,” Manto said. Dunn, who hit 41..." March 30

Chicago Tribune "Manager Robin Ventura will have plenty of opportunities to experiment this spring, starting Saturday when Alex Rios bats third and Adam Dunn fifth in the Chicago White Sox's exhibition opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch. Ventura would like to separate leadoff batter..." February 23

Chicago Tribune "The numbers scream for change, but Adam Dunn admits his mission to swing at more pitches earlier in counts presents a challenge. "I'm fighting myself over this," Dunn said, "because I don't want to give up something that I do very well, like walks and get deep in counts, to something in the..." February 21

CSN Chicago "As much as Major League Baseball hates to admit it, there are cheaters out there. The league doesn’t always know the who or the where, but players are taking PEDs, and Adam Dunn knows it. At this point, he’s just come to expect it. “There’s always going to be people cheating,” Dunn said..." February 20

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn hopes the sting of blowing a three-game lead in the AL Central with 15 games remaining last season sticks with his White Sox teammates as much as it does with him. "I'm sure everybody's going to say 'start over with a clean slate,' but I don't want to forget about last year," said..." February 18

ESPN.com "The plan for last season's MLB leader in strikeouts is to become even less selective. Adam Dunn struck out 222 times in 2012, one short of the all-time record for a season set by Mark Reynolds in 2009 with the Arizona Diamondbacks. It comes with the territory. Power hitters tend to strike..." February 18

Chicago Tribune "Robin Ventura admitted he wasn't too flexible Wednesday when he participated in a yoga class with wife Stephanie at Gilda's Club Chicago to show support for cancer patients. But the White Sox manager seemed adaptable to a variety of possibilities with the start of a lengthy spring training less..." January 24

South Side Sox "With SoxFest approaching, we're starting to get a steady stream of "What I Did Over Winter Vacation" stories. That's always a welcome sign, especially considering these temperatures. This time, Mark Gonzales caught up with Adam Dunn, who will not be at SoxFest this weekend. He has a pretty good..." January 22

Chicago Tribune "A rebound 2012 season didn't provide peace to Adam Dunn's offseason. Dunn won't be attending SoxFest this weekend because his wife Rachel is scheduled to deliver the couple's third child on Jan. 29. "It's been different,'' Dunn said Monday from his Houston-area home. "I've been Mr. Mom with..." January 22

CSN Chicago "Adam Dunn is likely to log more time at first base next season in an attempt to lighten Paul Konerko's workload. White Sox manager Robin Ventura said that's the plan for now several months before the club heads to Glendale, Ariz. for spring training. Ventura addressed that and several other..." December 05

CSN Chicago "Adam Dunn has a solution to the White Sox woes: score runs. The slugger had no problem Thursday suggesting the team's offense is at the heart of the club's struggles. The White Sox have had recent difficulty hitting with runners in scoring position. The club's four runs per game this month..." September 28

Chicago Sun-Times "''Pressure'' isn't the right word to describe what the White Sox are feeling, Adam Dunn said. ''I don't know how to put it,'' Dunn said. ''There's no pressure. What's going to happen will happen.'' Players are trying too hard to not feel pressured, he said. ''You start tensing up,'' Dunn..." September 25

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn couldn't stop smiling. He was floating, levitating almost, as he talked about how all the years of his baseball career — including one of the longest seasons anyone has ever had — had led to two swings of his bat Monday night. In a game his White Sox team badly needed to win, he had..." September 25

Chicago Tribune "Feeling pressured? Feeling fatigued? Adam Dunn and manager Robin Ventura admitted the White Sox are coping with varying degrees of these ailments, but they need to overcome them. "When you put too much (pressure), you are trying so hard to get something done, you are only human," Dunn said..." September 25

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn admitted his three-run home run Monday night might have been the most important of his 406 career homers, and there was little doubt that it might have been the most significant homer of the White Sox's season. Dunn capped a two-homer performance by smacking a three-run shot on an 0-2..." September 25

Chicago Tribune "General soreness never felt this good to Adam Dunn. After missing seven consecutive games because of a right oblique strain, Dunn returned to the White Sox lineup on Saturday and contributed with two hits, a walk and a run. "As long as it doesn't hamper my swing, then I'm fine with it," said..." September 16

Chicago Sun-Times "Adam Dunn was back, and so was the good sound of the ball off Paul Konerko's bat when the White Sox' cleanup hitter is right. Those were two significant, encouraging additions to the lineup Saturday. Dunn singled, doubled, walked, scored a run and ran the bases well after missing seven games..." September 16

Chicago Sun-Times "Adam Dunn took batting practice Friday and hopes to be in the lineup Saturday. Dunn, who missed his seventh consecutive start, said his strained right oblique is much improved. He said Friday was the best it has felt since he reinjured it last week. "Hopefully I'm in there [Saturday],'' Dunn..." September 15

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn swung free and easy during batting practice Friday night, and the Chicago White Sox's designated hitter believes he could return to the lineup as soon as Saturday. "It's to the point now where I get it," said Dunn, who will not start for the eighth consecutive game because of a right..." September 15

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn swung free and easy during batting practice Friday night, and the Chicago White Sox's designated hitter believes he could return to the lineup as soon as Saturday. "It's to the point now where I get it," said Dunn, who will not start for the eighth consecutive game because of a right..." September 14

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn declined to provide an update on his right oblique strain before Thursday night's game, and there were no indications he would return soon. For the first time in recent days, manager Robin Ventura didn't quip that Dunn was "day-to-day" or "hour-to-hour," fueling the belief Dunn could..." September 14

Chicago Sun-Times "Adam Dunn is out of the White Sox lineup for the sixth consecutive game with a strained right oblique. "I don't even know how to kind of explain it,'' Dunn said before the Sox played the Detroit Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field on Wednesday night. "It feels fine when I pick up a bat and it swing..." September 12

Chicago Tribune "After recently receiving a pain-killing injection, Adam Dunn hopes to resume batting practice Wednesday with the hope of returning soon to the White Sox's lineup. "I want to wait until I have no problems, as opposed to coming back a day or two early and having this thing do this again and..." September 12

ESPN.com "The Chicago White Sox will be without designated hitter Adam Dunn for a fourth consecutive game due an oblique strain on Monday, but welcome back third baseman Kevin Youkilis after he missed the last three games due to the birth of his child. Dunn originally suffered the injury against the..." September 10

Hardball Talk "White Sox slugger Adam Dunn was not in the lineup Saturday, is not in the lineup Sunday and is not expected to return to action anytime soon. Toni Ginnetti of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that Dunn "could miss another five days" as he continues to battle through a strained right oblique..." September 09

Chicago Sun-Times "Adam Dunn could miss another five days because of a strained right oblique. That means he could miss part or all of the four-game series against the Detroit Tigers that starts Monday. Dunn, who is tied for second in the majors with 38 home runs, was not in the lineup Saturday against the..." September 09

Chicago Sun-Times "Adam Dunn was out of the lineup Friday after experiencing a recurrence of the oblique pain that sidelined him last week. "He has that side [strain] again, so we're just trying to take care of it and make sure nothing gets worse,'' manager Robin Ventura said. "I'm hoping it's just today, or..." September 08

Chicago Sun-Times "At game time Monday, the White Sox already knew they'd still be in first place because of the Detroit Tigers' 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians. That Indians-Tigers game was on the clubhouse TVs, and it had players straggling out to batting practice as they tried to catch the final out. But..." September 04

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn said he can perform non-baseball activities without pain. But it's swinging a bat that will determine how soon he can return to the White Sox lineup. Dunn reported that his right oblique strain was healing quickly, thanks to treatments by trainer Herm Schneider that included..." September 03

Chicago Sun-Times "For Adam Dunn, a strained right oblique couldn't have occurred at a worse time. "I've been waiting for this September to come around, this playoff atmosphere sort of thing, and something stupid like this happens,'' Dunn said. Obliques have a way of not being OK for longer than a day. Dunn..." September 02

Chicago Tribune "American League home run leader Adam Dunn was scratched from the Chicago White Sox's lineup Saturday night because of a right oblique strain. "My luck," Dunn lamented. Dunn, who leads the league with 38 home runs, said he initially suffered the ailment on a checked swing on his first at-bat..." September 01

Chicago Tribune "Rebounding to his career averages in home runs and runs batted in is well worth the price of being on pace to set a major league record for strikeouts, as far as Adam Dunn is concerned. "I want to just drive in runs," said Dunn, who leads the Sox with 36 home runs and 84 RBIs but broke his..." August 25

Chicago Sun-Times "Adam Dunn knew No. 400 was coming. He just wanted it to mean something. For a few brief moments, it did. Dunn launched an 428-foot, opposite-field blast into the Kauffman Stadium fountain with Kevin Youkilis on first base in the eighth inning to bring the Sox to within a run. But after Brett..." August 19

Chicago Tribune "Never did a 400th career home run feel insignificant as it did Saturday night to Adam Dunn. "This game was kind of a disaster from the get-go," Dunn said as his monumental home run did little to hide the blemishes stemming from the White Sox's 9-4 loss to the Royals at soggy Kauffman..." August 19

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn hit his 400th home run in the eighth inning Saturday night but Kansas City scored four times in the bottom of the eighth to pull away to a 9-4 win. The Sox remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Detroit in the American League Central despite their late-inning collapse. Mike Moustakas capped..." August 18

Chicago Sun-Times "Sight seen at Rogers Centre 3½ hours before the White Sox played the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night: Adam Dunn, former scholarship quarterback at the University of Texas, throwing deep routes to Sox pitchers in the outfield. Sight seen about four hours later: Dunn hitting his 32nd home run..." August 14

Chicago Tribune "Adam Dunn paid Chicago White Sox's leadoff batter Alejandro De Aza one of the highest compliments of De Aza's career after an 11-4 victory over Minnesota. "No offense to any other guys that I've played with, but I think he's the best pure leadoff hitter that I've ever played with," Dunn said of..." July 25

MLB.com "Halfway and then some into the 2012 season, several star players are serving notice that they're all the way back to their normal high form after a year or more off-track. More often than not, their teams are benefiting from those players' return to their standards of excellence. The AL..." July 19

Chicago Sun-Times "The White Sox' 6-3 loss Saturday to the Kansas City Royals notwithstanding, Sunday will be the Sox' 49th day in first place this season. For Adam Dunn, it's a splendid — and very strange — feeling. For most of his career, Dunn has been a fifth-place kind of guy, which is why the South Side..." July 15

Washington Post "At this time two years ago, Adam Dunn was a Washington National. It seems like longer because so much has changed. Dunn spent one season producing shockingly atrocious offensive numbers, only to reclaim his place among the best home run hitters in baseball and make his first All-Star Game since..." July 12

Chicago Tribune "Jake Peavy didn't expect to play in Tuesday night's All-Star Game, but the plan was to have White Sox teammate Adam Dunn enter in the fifth inning as the American League DH. But Dunn never appeared, instead giving his at-bats to the Royals' Billy Butler, who was playing in front of his hometown..." July 11

Chicago Sun-Times "White Sox slugger Adam Dunn knew there was a 45-minute question-and-answer session with the media awaiting him — and the rest of the American League All-Stars — Monday at Arrowhead Stadium. He just didn't expect to be put on trial. Dunn fielded question after question about last season..." July 10

Chicago Tribune "In 1968, the American League All-Stars included .204-hitting Harmon Killebrew. Graig Nettles once batted .222 while making the AL All-Stars in 1977. And Davey Lopes played the 1981 game with a .169 average, according to Elias Sports Bureau. And that brings us to the 2012 All-Star Game, which..." July 10

Chicago Sun-Times "Little Brady Dunn probably doesn't know it yet, but his puppy, Astro, is destined to become more than a best friend. He might become a lifesaver. For now, the poodle/golden retriever mix is Brady's new pet. But for his parents, White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn and wife Rachel, Astro is..." July 09

Chicago Sun-Times "Chris Sale, Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn made it to the American League All-Star team. A.J. Pierzynski did not. And Jake Peavy still has a shot. That's how Sunday's All-Star proceedings shook out for the White Sox. Sale, who is 9-2 with a 2.27 ERA in his first season as a starting pitcher, was..." July 02