Torii Hunter
Torii Hunter
Torii Kedar Hunteris an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Detroit Tigers from 1997 through 2015. Hunter was a five-time All-Star, won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder and was a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 July 1975
CityPine Bluff, AR
CountryUnited States of America
It's kind of different, because I'm used to having Jacque (Jones) and J.C. (Romero) and all those guys around. When I came up in '99, I played with those guys in the minor leagues, so we had the chemistry already. There are a lot of new faces in here. A lot of guys, I don't really know their names.
When we came up, we were always told go the opposite field no matter what. If you didn't go the opposite field when I first came up, you weren't going to play. It was said you had to force inside pitches to right field to stay in the lineup.
We're going to have to try to maintain and not get too far behind before we get hot. It's too early to be down.
I look at the track record, ... Most of the guys are gone that made an impact on this club. You never know. It's a business.
I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once (special coach) Tony Oliva and (former Twins coach) Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function.
Hopefully, he doesn't get eaten up by that. Hopefully, they don't swallow him.
We'll just have to wait and see what happens after Sunday. Maybe it's a countdown for Sunday, and then it'll only get better after that day.
When you're running a lot in the outfield or on the base paths in games, you're going to be sore. When I do more than I usually then it's sore but every time it gets sore, it's getting stronger.
When you're playing, it's a different feel. You have a different adrenaline, intensity, and you do things a little harder. When I get to Spring Training, that's going to be the big test.
To black athletes, he was an icon. Everybody looked up to him. It's Dave Winfield, Andre Dawson and Kirby Puckett for black athletes (to look up to). It's tough to swallow.
If the guy stays healthy, we're going to win. I'll put my money on that. If he stays healthy and hits, then we're going to win.
He was throwing gas. He was throwing 96, 97 miles an hour.
A lot of kids are broken, and it's hard for them to believe in anything. But you have to have an imaginative mind and tell yourself, 'Hey, I can do whatever I want to.'
When you do what you're supposed to do and don't complain much, I think the fans, media, players and front office appreciate and respect that.