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
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.'
I tell kids to have dreams, have goals, and believe in them because if you have any doubt, worry or fear, it will choke the life out of your dreams and goals.
I think about what his kids are going through more than anything. It's killing me right now. It's eating me up.
It was so much fun working with these young kid actors. We had a great time and those kids are truly amazing.
Now you have kids that say, 'I wanna be Torii Hunter one day.' Man, I love that.
I attribute being a good center fielder to many things, but being outside with friends as a kid, running around and racing, that was a big part of it.
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.
I'm excited about this year. I'm feeling like I did in 2002, about our offense that year. I was so excited to have that offense and when they left, I was so disappointed. I'm kind of getting that feel back from 2002 when we won the division.
I learned about this game from him. He's a guy I look to like he's an older brother. I've come up in this game just by watching what Kirby Puckett is all about.
They can say what they want, but there's no way they would launch an investigation unless Barry Bonds was not about to break Babe Ruth's record.
Um, it's hard to say, we were playing Kansas City.
This year I feel like I'm better at the plate. Every year I make adjustments.
Everybody knows if Shannon stays healthy, he's going to set the table. He's the igniter, and we need him in the lineup.