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Torii Hunter Wanted To Charge The Mound

Apr 27, 2007 – 1:11 PM
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Tom Fornelli

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As we told you here on the Fanhouse yesterday, Torii Hunter is having a bad week. It all came to a head, or his head actually, on Thursday when he received a Zack Greinke fastball to his face. Hunter said after the game that Grienke apologized and is a nice guy, but that's not the reason he didn't charge the mound.

"It was a tough week for me," Hunter said. "I've been in the champagne scandal, the Jackie Robinson comments. And I thought about all of that and said, 'Man I can't give anybody else something to talk about.' So I just shut it down."

Well, sorry Torii, but now we're talking about how you didn't charge the mound.

Now I don't condone violence, I just enjoy watching it. So I'm happy that Torii didn't charge the mound, but at the same time I do love seeing an old fashioned basebrawl, and I'm not the only one.

I'm also pretty sure another contributing factor in Hunter's decision was the fact he just got hit in the face by a fastball. It's pretty hard to charge the mound when you see eight of them.


Previously at the Fanhouse:
Torii Hunter Is Having A Bad Week
Torii Hunter's Gratitude Has No Place On A Baseball Field
Are Too Many Players Wearing Jackie Robinson's Number?
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