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People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors.

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Torii Hunter
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 18
Baseball Player
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Torii Kedar Hunter
Spider-Man
Impostors
African
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Dark
American
Faces
People

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My favorite book in the Bible is always Proverbs because it's where you can find wisdom for no matter what you're going through. It hits me every time I read it. I've always read Proverbs regularly because it helps me deal with what's happening every day in real life.
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I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once special coach Tony Oliva and former Twins coach Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function.
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When I see that little white ball go up, I want to catch it, no matter what. If I have to knock myself silly doing it, so be it.
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For me, as a Christian I will be uncomfortable because in all my teachings and all my learning, biblically, it's not right.
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