• Torii homered in four consecutive games in August of 2006.
• Torii slugged three grand slams in 2007 to tie for the AL lead. He hit nine grand slams with the Twins—second only to Harmon Killebrew’s 10.
• Torii passed Zoilo Versalles and Roy Smalley on the Twins' all-time hit list on Opening Day 2007. He also passed Cesar Tovar and Chuck Knoblauch that season and left the Twins at #7.
• Torii was responsible for all handshakes on the Twins. Every player has his own personal one, all of which were concocted by Torii.
• Torii has a 32-inch vertical leap. He keeps his legs strong in the off-season by doing box jumps.
• Torii ranks his famous catch of Barry Bonds’s would-be homer in the 2002 All-Star Game as his best ever.
• During a 2005 dispute, Torii took a poke at teammate Justin Morneau. He missed and punched Nick Punto. All the young infielder could say was, “Wow, I just got hit by Torii Hunter!"
• Torii's best friend outside of the baseball world is media star Deion Sanders.
• Among Torii's nicknames are Spidey and T-Nutts.
• Torii says the two players he would pay to watch are Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez.
• Torii is a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys.
• Torii's favorite actor and actress are Wesley Snipes and Halle Berry.
• Torii likes rap music, but rarely goes to concerts. The last one he remembers attending was Run D.M.C., when he was eight. He lists Tupac and Bonecrusher as his favorite rappers.

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