Found September 13, 2012 on Pro Sports Daily: Yardbarker Blogger Network
This is not the time of the season to have setbacks, but the Chicago White Sox had several on Wednesday. Big picture was the 8-6 loss to Detroit that cut their lead in the AL Central to just a game over the Tigers. Smaller picture, and one that has the potential to cause wide-spread damage over the final two-plus weeks of the season, was another setback for Adam Dunn. The slugger missed his sixth consecutive game with a strained right oblique, and after taking a few swings before batting practice -- "Anywhere from 10 to 100," a frustrated Dunn couldn't even recall -- he told the media that there's a chance he could be lost for another week with how he felt with a bat in his hand. "Standing here doing normal stuff kind of feels fine," Dunn said. "Problem is, I have to swing a 34-ounce bat, which is not that bad until you really try to gear up for it and it's just not better yet." What also became obvious was that Dunn was getting more...
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