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Torii Hunter talks about the changes he would make as Commissioner. Giving batters a 4th strike? Backing up the mound? See Hunters thoughts on changing the game.
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" Like well and to the dedication of the Torii Hunter field Kramer memorial park."
" I -- that I don't know how do you. -- play football -- actually just act like I'd really like. You learn about six I loved his baseball through -- and it. I walked up on my wow. Look at that that's impressions on what you've -- decided to -- his -- and figured and it uses baseball fan are you here is a and I think they've gone."
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" When an afternoon baseball through -- my -- Brewers. Hornaday defenses -- drug infested that we had everything gone and now we had a guy by the name of -- mobile. He teaches them rot around in the neighborhood pick them k.s and make in baseball team and now I was outside playing catch from. My little brother and and he is like a kid you have a pencil him. Would you like Kelvin played baseball is yeah definitely -- such a brutal. -- Baseball actually kept me off the streets yeah."
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" me out tremendously and not how I want to give us. Any other kid that these same opportunities and I can use -- to race."
" going through a change in a lot of admissions and you've been very vocal and and support of of what's going on in -- in the game. Alex ordered this comes out what -- stand without right now what do you what are you hoping it happens what Alex admitting. And moving on forward."
" I'll wait not you know that if the other guys want to come out and admit that they did Ben espy you know by the net that's the -- I mean 2003. What he did in 2003 they came out just tell people they did then maybe had a guilty. Guilty -- and maybe they have evidence still so we had to come out but. I mean I think the game is going this acclaimed came -- me that was that we taste test Sarah says all the time the steroid testing policy that we have. I am places isn't they want as 100 is as great as good I want people to know that is great and we have to a three tests a year. So the steroids has imposter is nothing wrong with the Major League Baseball has done a great job. I mean -- some today they came up from 200320022000. Want. From the past and you keep. Baseball's a pastime game you know they've -- dual capacity if it it is does nothing but hurt the game you know sometime we got to move for now we'll hopefully we can move forward -- done a great job by coming out of sand. That he did take steroids and different things like that and and not I think that takes a man to come out amid. Something like them but. I think is it's far from over with him button at the same time Major League Baseball as a whole and players I think -- man and what happened. In the past happened in the past we move forward the 2004 and his game's going. Lessons learned throughout this whole period yeah for the players were what lessons learned a thing. I'm glad there's been changes you can do it without you know you're being you can do without those those steroids don't she does but then keep working hard and and I think that's what we learned you know just got them playing a game that. I get caught up and at that the steroid stuff in and and -- as -- god given abilities and SI you mean."
" God given ability has talked about the team again and -- deep lineup Bob Abreu oh. Torii Hunter blondes Guerrero a tender moralis. Five bar thing again."
" This I'm excited about these have I got you thinking about this and and now this just add Bobby Abreu to there's -- a we already had a pretty good lineup but deep -- But just adding Bobby Abreu Madison another guy. You know just like Mark Teixeira goes -- add -- 400 on base percentage. 20/20 plus stolen base -- last ten years. The last five years in a row consecutively a hundred runs a hundred riddance. Not only stat that Santa I let it away his guys are very excited man has got the clutch hitter you know on -- hidden. And now so I'm excited to have -- a lot of his mind is the lefty in the lineup we've played pretty deep and -- doing and this guy man this is awesome. Torii Hunter having a ring as a champion -- what would that be life. You know -- know I've been trying to get a rain the last 1112 years and I'm very excited because we have a little bit everything we have speed out there. We have clutch hitting -- there we have some power. So pretty excited yeah."
" Boy you know that's you know about marketing and talk about the fans. Torii Hunter. As Commissioner. Of Baseball and -- the tough question. Talking on -- muzzled with a spot. Oregon as Commissioner of Baseball for what one day one -- one -- sensitive to -- back and change the game for one day. We have force strikes. -- they put you don't like where you have a horse like yeah you know -- struck -- what -- tries to strike out and I'll be excited about that be awesome in May because on the hitter and I'm by as the love it but it. -- awesome would you take two and then we will we'll now -- 200 -- goes away so -- seat facility in who may have his -- have a chance. That's good pitching beat good hitting any day I gotta say that. But there won't do do for the pitchers. By the pitcher's. I had the mayor of optimism but pitches I would get rid of escalating because I think his heart in the guy who you're going to ask them how bad afraid. All pillars of Israel -- alcoholic again it I don't know what -- thing about that is no given his name because it hurts a lot of guys. We heard them talk -- Toward the -- that okay you're not raising the mound now about not getting it close until played excellent. Not not -- I want hitter I not hour warmup pitches you do well. But I'm I'm -- hitter and I always think as a hitter and I don't want those guys closer to me because you got Randy Johnson and got a 69 when he releases the bonds like he's slapping you in the face. So I don't want the pitcher that. They have no more advantage they already have their banners did give pitching begin hitting any day just remember that and I will leave those guy acts are will move him back. A couple feet. Not a cub answers beat them and I did of their that's RI get it longer and I get the business determinant of the strike him. So excellent night."
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