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Torii Hunter Does His Best Superman Impression
By Chad Gramling | April 21, 2008
Torii Hunter’s joining of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim may have been the biggest signing of the off season. And his Spring Training success drew a lot of attention from fans, observers and his teammates. And so far, he’s been as advertised.
Despite an injury to his toe, Hunter has hasn’t slowed from a torrid start to the young season. Even after a minor traffic accident on Friday, Hunter found himself in lineup.
Hunter was smiling and joking during batting practice and preparing to play the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. He wasn’t grinning a few hours earlier, when his new car was rear-ended at a stop light near the ballpark.
Then he went and snagged a home run shot to preserve the Angels’ victory.
That was sweet, man,†Hunter said. “You can’t beat taking a home run away. That probably could have been the game-winner, so I’m pretty excited about that—winning the game with my glove. Things started off pretty rough today and it was pretty frustrating, so I went out there and tried to take it out on them in the game.â€
Oh yeah, he also doubled in his his first at-bats to drive in three runs. All in a day’s work for the former Wizards center fielder.
