The Hunter and the Hunted

Will Twins’ fans ever see Torii Hunter rob an opponent’s home run again? Has Torii Hunter played his last game as a Minnesota Twin? When the season wrapped up Sunday, the obvious question facing the 32-year-old free-agent-to-be was what uniform he’d be wearing when he next took the field. Hunter, who has already rejected the

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Fantasy Notes: Healthy Hunter is Producing

Torii Hunter has been relatively healthy this year, on pace to play his most games in three seasons, and he’s responded with some solid totals. On Sunday, he extended his hitting streak to seven games with a 3-for-5 performance with a run and pair of RBI. Hunter was just a home run short of the cycle and has lifted his average from .269 to .280 during the run. Our chief complaint about him is the lack of steals — just six so far after topping 20 in each of the last two seasons, even last year when injuries held him under 100 games played.

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Twinkies Out of Luck?

Wednesday’s win over the sagging Dodgers was the Twinkies’ lucky seventh straight. Minny was a dismal 27-34 and 11.5 games back in the AL Central after getting beat by the O’s on June 10. Since then, the club has gone an unconscious 15-1. And guess how many games they’ve shaved off of the Tigers’ lead with this run?

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