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Why?


Okay, so he wasn’t the outfield acquisition everyone was hoping for. But at least Brian Hunter’s AN outfielder, right?

In a move that sent shock waves throughout the midwest, the Royals signed former Astro, Tiger, Mariner, Rockie, Red, and Phillie Brian Hunter to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. After recovering from my surprise that Hunter is still playing baseball, I took the time (all of one minute) to think about what his presence will mean to the Kansas City organization. The result of my pondering was, of course, coming up with absolutely nothing. Brian L. Hunter (not to be confused with Brian R. Hunter, who I always thought resembled a chipmunk) seems to be just a guy the Royals will stash at Omaha to play some outfield and, if emergency strikes, play a few games in Kansas City this year.

But then I thought about what the fleet-of-foot Hunter could mean to the 2005 Royals some more, and came up with a list of tasks and purposes that only he could complete:

  • Instead of taking the team bus, running from city to city on road trips. Calvin Pickering’s going to need two seats on the charter, after all.
  • Representing the Royals well as the only player not named in Jose Canseco’s tell-all ‘roids book.
  • Somebody’s gotta tell the youngsters about the legend of Bob Hamelin.

    If you can think of any other reasons why the Royals felt the need to sign Hunter, post 'em in the comments section!

    • This entry was posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 2/10/2005 01:08:00 AM. |

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