Reds' Dunn gets day off
Published 4/13/2008 by Mark Sheldon at Major League Baseball News
With Adam Dunn mired in an early-season slump, Reds manager Dusty Baker decided to give the slugging left fielder Sunday off to help clear his mind.
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