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
(Robertson) was throwing well and we couldn't pick up the ball early because of the shadows. But that's only our excuse, we didn't have any trouble seeing the ball. The second time around we were hitting the but we didn't have any luck.
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.
He'd say: 'Get up there and go play this game. Forget about it. Just have fun and keep playing this game that I taught you.
He'd look at all of my box scores. If I went 4-for-4, he'd call me up and congratulate me. Or if I'd go 0-for-3, he'd call me up and get on to me.
He loved to talk to you. He helped the younger guys -- especially the younger black players.
Spring training is a (time) to get to know your team. We've got new guys on our club, and you don't even know these guys.
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.
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.
Hopefully, he doesn't get eaten up by that. Hopefully, they don't swallow him.
I don't want to be the police of the clubhouse. You don't go talk to the police. A lot of people don't trust the police. I want to be that counselor in the clubhouse. If you need somebody to talk to, you can come talk to me about anything.
I don't want to be the police of the clubhouse.
I'm going to put his jersey in there and leave it in there. He's somebody who inspired me to play the game of baseball. This guy pushed me to get to the major leagues. 'I want you to come to take my spot, OK, Little Puck.' He called me Little Puck.
I'm going to go out and play this game of baseball, the game that he loved, the game that I love. So I'm going to go out here and play and try to get my mind off of it because that's what he would want me to do.