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
Um, it's hard to say, we were playing Kansas City.
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 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.
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.
You name it, I've got it. Some players have to be 100 percent (to play), but I don't.
I go out every day and try to play great defense. I know my hitting will improve.
I wouldn't play in Minnesota unless my career was at an end and I had to go to Minnesota to play the game.
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.
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.