He’s come un-Dunn, and Sox DH getting too much advice

In no particular order, we present the list of things holding back Adam Dunn in his debut season with the White Sox:

ŸAfter playing 10 seasons in the National League, he still is trying to adjust to becoming an American League designated hitter.

ŸHe’s still trying to figure out AL pitching.

ŸThat appendectomy he had April 5 has been really slow to heal.

ŸIt’s Greg Walker’s fault.

ŸHe doesn’t like A.J. Pierzynski.

OK, let’s add another one after Dunn was again nearly booed onto the Dan Ryan Expressway on Sunday afternoon while going 0-for-4 with 4 strikeouts in the Sox’ 2-1 interleague loss to the Nationals at U.S. Cellular Field.

ŸHe’s getting too much advice.

Before last Wednesday’s game against the Cubs, Dunn said he no longer answers his cellphone because he can no longer bear hearing from people trying to be helpful.

Sunday morning before Dunn went out and reached the 100-strikeout plateau, Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and general manager Kenny Williams each took another crack at the slumping slugger, who is batting .173 after his third “Golden Sombrero” of the season.

“He knows we are behind him,” Guillen said. “Everybody in our dugout is rooting for him. Kenny went down and talked to him this morning and I talked to him about making sure he’s not panicked and don’t worry about it.”

So there you have it — maybe all the concern and pats on the back are dragging Dunn deeper into the muck.

“Situations like this, I’ve been there, a lot of guys have been there,” first baseman Paul Konerko said. “There are a lot of cooks in the kitchen trying to help him.

“I try not to say anything unless we just get to talking about it. He’s hearing it from a lot of different places right now, so you just try to be supportive.”

Dunn has stayed about as positive as possible during three months of misery with his new team, but he did change something up after Sunday’s loss.

Instead of answering the same old postgame questions from the media — and providing the same old answers — Dunn stayed out of sight until the clubhouse closed.

With six straight interleague games coming up at Colorado and Wrigley Field, there is no regular spot for Dunn.

Guillen said he will try to get Dunn some playing time at first base or in the outfield. But some additional time on the bench can’t hurt Dunn, and it sure can’t hurt the White Sox.

But when they do wrap up the NL portion of their schedule against the Cubs on Sunday, Guillen said Dunn is going to be right back out there.

“I can’t bench that guy,” Guillen said. “He’s making how much? All kind of money. We brought him here to help us. He’s not going to help us on the bench. The only way he can help us is to go out there and do it.

“Sometimes you bench guys not to punish them. You bench people to relax a little bit and don’t think about the game. Hopefully that thing helps.

“But I wish we could figure out what he’s thinking. Talk, extra hitting, Walk working with him. The work is there every day; he works with Walker and tries to figure out stuff.

“It’s not happening right now.”