A trade made before the Sox slugger was born prejudiced me against him
Tag: Big Breeze
Dunn: Not easy being a one percenter
White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn on the trials of a one percenter.
Dunn breaks White Sox strikeout record in bizarre style
Adam Dunn capped a torrid missing streak by setting the White Sox season strikeout record last night—and he did it in a strange at bat.
Solution number 24: a whiffing mate for Dunn
Since misery needs company, the White Sox should acquire another whiffer to take the pressure off Adam Dunn next year.
Dunn in the lineup tonight; magic number is 9
Adam Dunn is in the lineup tonight, continuing his pursuit of the White Sox season strikeout record. With eight games remaining, his magic number is nine.
Even Dunn can’t whiff from the dugout
If he keeps riding the bench, Adam Dunn will strike out at setting the club strikeout record.
“Batting cleanup for the White Sox, hitting .163…”
Johnny Sampson Adam Dunn had a dynamite Fourth of July against the Royals at the Cell. He sent a flare to right early in the game to end an 0 for 19 streak, bringing the fans to their feet as they exploded in a Bronx cheer. Dunn doffed his helmet from first base, winning over […]
A solution for the White Sox: jury duty for the Big Breeze
Sometimes you wonder what Ozzie Guillen is thinking. The White Sox manager kept Adam Dunn out of the lineup three times in the last six games. How’s a guy supposed to set a strikeout record from the bench? But Ozzie wasn’t able to take the air out of the Big Breeze’s sails. Dunn has still […]
Chicago is baking, but the Big Breeze will help tonight
The coolest place in Chicago this steamy evening should be U.S. Cellular Field, where the Big Breeze, White Sox designated misser Adam Dunn, faces the reigning American League Cy Young champ, Mariners ace Felix Hernandez. Both players lead the AL in strikeouts: Hernandez has fanned 92 and Dunn has been fanned 80 times. Hernandez brings […]
Ozzie’s daring move
Adam Dunn is still missing on all cylinders. With just under a third of the season gone, the Big Breeze is more than a third of the way to the White Sox club record for strikeouts in a season—he has 65 already, and the record is 175. He’s managed to stay ahead of the record […]
Extra! Big Breeze strikes ball several times
As we’ve been saying all along, it was only a matter of time before the Big Breeze came around—and the wind finally shifted this week. Last night in Anaheim, Adam Dunn whipped out a career-high four hits, including his fourth homer, boosting the White Sox to a thrilling, come-from-behind, extra-inning 6-4 win. Reading the box […]