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Torii Hunter’s Planned Appearances in North Little Rock Scrubbed

Posted by Adam Butler on August 6, 2009

toriiThe Pine Bluff native and MLB All-Star is unable  to play Minor League rehab games at North Little Rock’s Dickey-Stephens Park this weekend, as planned.  He told MLB.com:

“This has been a rough day,” Hunter said. “I was all psyched to go home to Arkansas and play for the Travelers … but today I didn’t pass a strength test after a strenuous workout on the field, and it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to make it home.

“I know everyone in Little Rock was excited about me coming back to play, and I was excited, too. It would have been great. But the resistance test the training staff put me through showed that my right side, where I have the adductor strain, is still not as strong as the left side.

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