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Torii Hunters soars into rare air.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Gordon Wittenmyer
The introduction was as brief as it was spectacular.
Bonds? Barry Bonds?
Meet Torii Hunter. Then take a seat.
When Hunter, the Minnesota Twins' center fielder, reached above the wall in Milwaukee's Miller Park to rob Bonds of a home run in the first inning of the All-Star Game last July, he not only made Bonds take notice, he made a stunning entrance onto baseball's world stage.
"Had that All-Star Game not ended in a tie, it might have been remembered for his catch," Twins President Dave St. Peter said.
By the end of the year, Hunter had a second straight Gold Glove, finished sixth in the American League Most Valuable Player voting, proved his leadership ability in the playoffs and, during a November exhibition series between U.S. and Japanese big-leaguers, survived mobs of admirers to beat out Bonds for ...
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...him? Even the questions are wearing on Twins center fielder Torii Hunter five months into the longest, greatest, most tiring, most...April and hasn't slowed. He made the play of the All-Star Game, made everybody's short list for AL MVP candidates by August...
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- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Berlinicke, Jeff August 1, 2005 700+ words
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...BEST TIME OF MY LIFE/WHY? When I went to the 2002 All-Star game. I had so much fun. It's something you dream of as a baseball...one now. MY MOST MEMORABLE GAME: Definitely the 2002 All-Star game. It was something special. I went in just wanting to have...
Source: HighBeam Research, Torii Hunters soars into rare air.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)