Torii Hunter isn’t the kind of guy who chooses his words carefully and in my opinion that’s a good thing. Hunter speaks candidly. He doesn’t rehearse his words or run them through a multitude of filters like Alex Rodriguez tends to do.
What you see is what you get. Hunter is refreshing. He’s fun and extremely likeable.
When you ask him a question; you tend to believe he’s answering you as honestly as possible. Why? Because I get the impression he doesn’t have anything to hide. He just speaks his mind.
So, when Hunter referred to Latin American players as “imposters” in a roundtable discussion for USA Today it didn’t occur to me that he was being racist. No way. In fact it wasn’t until I was listening to Jeff Biggs on AM 830 this afternoon that I realized it was even an issue. Biggs was commenting on the firestorm that had taken place during the day and like me, found the whole thing out of whack. According to Biggs, some bloggers were really lambasting Hunter. Not sensible bloggers mind you; but bloggers looking for a story where there really isn’t one.
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