Call 'Em Up

From the Strib:

Torii Hunter flew home to Texas following the Twins' game in Milwaukee on Sunday, allowing him to watch his two sons play a Little League game for the first time in two years.

It was quite a treat. Torii Jr. pitched a no-hitter in a four- inning game, and Monshadrik hit a homer, a double and had three RBI.

http://www.amherst.edu/~jbroich

Posted by Batgirl at May 24, 2006 09:59 AM
Comments


Mr. Baseball wishes he'd named his spawn Monshadrik. Well, kind of.

Posted by: Mr. Baseball No. 1 at May 24, 2006 10:17 AM

I read that article as well and admit I, too, wondered if maybe we could get them ready to go by 2010 perhaps.

Of course, the cynical side of me also wondered whether they don't play baseball in July and August in Texas, because Torii certainly had some time on his hands last summer.

Posted by: JimCrikket at May 24, 2006 10:25 AM


SEE your future, BE your future...

Posted by: TwinsGoddess at May 24, 2006 10:26 AM

Hey! A starter!

Posted by: CarrieICL at May 24, 2006 10:35 AM

Dear Mr. Crikket,

As a mother of boys in youth baseball, I can tell you that the youngsters are generally finished by mid July.

k-bro

Posted by: k-bro at May 24, 2006 10:44 AM

k-bro, I coached my son's teams well in to August when he was a teenager and my friends in Texas keep telling me they play year round down there so I figured they would have been playing while Torii was recuperating. In any event, I'm sure his kids were thrilled to have dad there for a game on Monday. The kids of these athletes get obviously have a lot of advantages that other kids don't have (starting with the genes!), but they also get shortchanged on some things that others take for granted... like having dad watch them pitch a no-hitter or hit a HR. It speaks well of Hunter that he made the extra effort to fly home for a day to see those games.

Posted by: JimCrikket at May 24, 2006 11:06 AM

Torii's son is named Monshadrik? What, Sacheverell wasn't available?

Posted by: Jeff A at May 24, 2006 01:29 PM

A no hitter? Let's trade Silva for him!! Maybe we could throw in Rondell for Monshadrik too?

Posted by: Twinsboy at May 24, 2006 02:34 PM

does anyone kno how old the kids are?

Posted by: katie at May 24, 2006 03:32 PM

According to an article published in June 2005, they were 10 (Torii, Jr.) and 9 (Monshadrik) at that time

Posted by: Word Smith at May 24, 2006 04:54 PM

There is no I in Monshadrik, well, hardly.

Posted by: al at May 24, 2006 05:33 PM

can either of them play 3rd base?

Posted by: TeeNutts at May 24, 2006 06:20 PM

A homer, double, and 3 RBI? Who cares if he can play 3rd base. We need a DH that can actually hit.

Posted by: Benny at May 24, 2006 09:09 PM

Rumor has it Radke and Ford are very nervous about this development...

Even Torii's kids do not fear Captain Cheeseburger

Posted by: twinsfanCA at May 24, 2006 11:40 PM

Free Monshadrik!

Posted by: frightwig at May 25, 2006 03:35 PM