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Torii Hunter Is Having A Bad Week

Apr 26, 2007 – 7:28 PM
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First came the news earlier in the week that Torii Hunter could face up to a three-year suspension for gifting the Royals with a little Dom Perignon. Then, today, during the Twins-Royals tilt, this happens.
Twins star Torii Hunter needed three stitches to close a cut on the inside of his mouth after he was hit by a pitch from Kansas City's Zack Greinke on Thursday.

Back from the hospital after Minnesota's 1-0 win in 11 innings, Hunter had a fat lip and a sore tooth, but said he would play on Friday when Minnesota visits Detroit.

Leading off the bottom of the second inning, Hunter was hit in the mouth by a 2-2 fastball. After gathering himself, he started out toward the mound, but stopped after a couple of steps and dropped to the turf as his team rushed to check on him.

Greinke apologized, and Hunter was fine with that.

"He's a nice guy. He felt really bad,'' Hunter said.
Um, yeah, I think we'd all have to qualify Torii's week as substandard. If nothing else, at least he's not going to miss the Twins' next game against Detroit.

So, I guess they call this adding injury to insult?

Previously at FanHouse:

Torii Hunter's Gratitude Has No Place On A Baseball Field
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