In a very lengthy essay, Torii Hunter describes his love for baseball but also, shared some funny moments, like the time they put peanut butter in David Ortiz’s underwear.
Torii Hunter will be missed from baseball. After an almost 20-year career, Hunter decided to retire in the fall of 2015. I’m sure his position in the outfield will be discussed for years to come.
As many players have recently been doing, Hunter shared his story on the Player’s Tribune. From beginning to end, it’s a beautiful read because he shares his struggle as he was trying to make his dream come true. But in that same essay, he also shares a funny moment with one of baseball’s greatest, David ‘Big Papi’ Ortiz. Ortiz was known as a prankster and one day, Hunter and Corey Koskie were able to finally to get Ortiz back. The two put peanut butter in his underwear.
But nothing tops the prank Koskie pulled on him.
You might have heard the “peanut butter in the underwear” story, but I’m gonna tell it anyway — at least how I remember it.
David was really messing with all of us a lot early in that 2002 season, always talking and joking and pranking. But Koskie thought it was time for payback. So in the middle of a game, he went back into the clubhouse to David’s locker and lined his underwear with peanut butter. After the game, we were all sitting in the clubhouse, and David came out of the showers, went to his locker and started getting dressed. He was talking to us — he was always talking — as he was getting dressed, so when he slid his tightie-whities on, he didn’t even realize that there was a lot of peanut butter in there. We were all just sitting there, waiting for it to hit him …
Then he put his pants on. Nothing.
Then his shirt. Then his shoes. Then his coat. Still nothing.
He started walking away, and we were like, OK, does he have peanut butter in there? Or is he just used to having stuff between his legs?
Right when he gets to the door, about 10 yards away from us, he freezes, turns and looks back …
“Yoooooou motherfuckers!” … In that signature Papi voice.
He went off. He was screaming, cursing at us, and we were literally rolling on the clubhouse floor while he got undressed and got back in the shower to clean the peanut butter out of his butt. We were like, “What took you so long to notice?! Are you used to that?!”
That’s easily the best story I’ve read all week.