Twins World: Torii Hunter may be out for the Season
MINNEAPOLIS -- Gold Glove centre-fielder Torii Hunter has a broken left ankle that will keep him out at least a month and possibly the rest of the season, a major blow to Minnesota's playoff hopes. Hunter had an MRI and CT scan yesterday, which revealed a small fracture in his ankle. He was injured in Boston on Friday night, when the four-time Gold Glove winner tried to make an acrobatic catch by scaling the right-centre fence at Fenway Park. Hunter's spikes got stuck in the padding on the wall, and his ankle twisted awkwardly before he crumpled to the ground. Meanwhile, the Twins released struggling second baseman Bret Boone yesterday, ending a failed experiment to jump-start the team's stagnant offence. The Twins acquired Boone in a trade with Seattle on July 11, hoping he would be able to regain the form that made him an MVP candidate in 2001. But Boone hit just .170 (9-for-53) with three RBIs in 14 games with the Twins,
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Gold Glove centre-fielder Torii Hunter has a broken left ankle that will keep him out at least a month and possibly the rest of the season, a major blow to Minnesota's playoff hopes. Hunter had an MRI and CT scan yesterday, which revealed a small fracture in his ankle. He was injured in Boston on Friday night, when the four-time Gold Glove winner tried to make an acrobatic catch by scaling the right-centre fence at Fenway Park. Hunter's spikes got stuck in the padding on the wall, and his ankle twisted awkwardly before he crumpled to the ground. Meanwhile, the Twins released struggling second baseman Bret Boone yesterday, ending a failed experiment to jump-start the team's stagnant offence. The Twins acquired Boone in a trade with Seattle on July 11, hoping he would be able to regain the form that made him an MVP candidate in 2001. But Boone hit just .170 (9-for-53) with three RBIs in 14 games with the Twins,
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