Markazi: Torii Hunter doesn’t have the cure

Are the Halorrhini’s nearing extinction?

Angel Stadium was practically empty when the home team came up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday. The innovative “Rally Monkey” videos on the big screen, which used to serve as a rallying cry for optimistic fans, have long since turned into the butt of jokes with fans on their way to the parking lot.

The frustration of the fans, however, probably pales in comparison to that of Hunter, who feels as if he’s Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day,” losing the same way day after day and answering the same questions from the same reporters and offering up the same answers.

“I’ve been telling you all the same thing, it’s like we’re playing a re-run or something. Folks at home probably think I’m crazy or something,” Hunter said. “I’m tired of excuses. I’m out of excuses. I don’t have any more excuses. I’m out of them. If I had a cure we would have used it already. I don’t have a cure. We’re just stuck with this disease.”