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- Updated: August 25, 2016
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Five-time All-Star and recent retiree Torii Hunter was honored this week as one of three people inducted into the Little League Hall of Excellence. Along with softball superstar Cat Osterman and former New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, Hunter received Little League’s highest honor.
“I’m truly honored to be enshrined with so many great people, like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and George Bush, all types of people. A little boy from Pine Bluff, Ark., never thought he could be here and be honored like this.”
This was Hunter’s second trip to the Little League World Series, after first visiting a decade ago while beginning his work helping Little League with its Urban Initiative, which supplies the financial and educational assistance to local leagues to provide all children, from any economic background, the ability to play baseball and softball.
“The Urban Initiative means a lot,” Hunter said. “I was part of it in Pine Bluff. I had dreams when I was a kid to get on a plane and travel to play the game of baseball. A lot of kids in urban areas don’t have the chance to travel like that, so it’s something near and dear to my …
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