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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins inducted Torii Hunter into the teams Hall of Fame on Saturday, and the popular outfielder concluded his acceptance speech with a plea for unity in the wake of two recent police shootings that have sparked unrest across the country.Speaking in front of a near sellout crowd before the Twins hosted the Cleveland Indians, Hunter wrapped up a joke-filled speech by addressing shootings, one of which happened in a Twin Cities suburb.This is the United States of America, Hunter said. The word united means togetherness. United we stand, divided we fall. A house divided cannot stand.Philando Castile, who is black, was shot and killed by a police officer in Falcon Heights during a traffic stop on July 6. His death followed the police killing of another black man, Alton Sterling, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana., and has sparked demonstrations across the country. Just last weekend, demonstrators shut down a major highway connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul to try to draw attention to the situation.We have to take action and we have to make change, Hunter said. But before we make change in our country, we have to change ourselves and our hearts.We must love the one next to us no matter the color of someones skin, gender, views or religious preferences, he continued.Hunter, who is black, has never been shy about speaking out and has been a big part of Major League Baseballs efforts to address the shrinking number of black kids who play the game at the youth level.Hunter also came under criticism during his playing career for several comments directed toward gays, including when he said his Christian upbringing would make him uncomfortable if he had an openly gay teammate. He also recorded an ad in 2014 for Asa Hutchinson, now the governor of Hunters native Arkansas, saying he supported Hutchinson in part because he was for keeping a marriage between one man and one woman.In order to change mindsets we have to replace hate with love in our hearts, Hunter said on Saturday night.He quoted Albert Einstein, The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but those who watch them without doing anything.Hunter received his blue Twins Hall of Fame blazer from Rod Carew. He spent 12 of his 19 big league seasons with the Twins, appeared in two All-Star games for them and won seven Gold Glove awards while playing center field.We have seen a lot of hate being displayed, Hunter said. We are not born with hate. Hate is a learned behavior.Texas Rangers Shirts . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Texas Rangers Store .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. https://www.cheaprangersbaseball.com/ . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. Fake Rangers Jerseys . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Wholesale Rangers Jerseys .C. -- Rodney Hood connected from all over the court while freshman Jabari Parker was busy swatting shots and scoring in transition.AMES, Iowa -- Baker Mayfield threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns and 12th-ranked Oklahoma held off Iowa State 34-24 on Thursday night for its sixth straight victory.Dede Westbrook caught seven passes for 131 yards and a score for the Sooners (7-2, 6-0 Big 12). They beat the Cyclones (1-8, 0-6) for the 18th time in a row and the 74th time in 81 meetings.Mayfield was 25 of 34. He threw TD passes to Westbrook and Dimitri Flowers in the final 4:16 of the first half, extending his streak of games with at least four touchdown tosses to an FBS-high four games. Mayfield has 31 scoring passes, good for second nationally, with just six interceptions.Baker threw a 65-yard TD pass to Westbrook right after Iowa State jumped ahead 17-14.Jacob Paark passed for 160 yards and two touchdowns for the Cyclones.dddddddddddd Theyve dropped five straight.NO. 21 COLORADO 20, UCLA 10BOULDER, Colo. -- Isaiah Oliver returned a punt 68 yards for a score with 5:27 remaining and Colorado overcame eight personal-foul penalties to beat.Oliver caught the punt on the right side, cut back to the left and went untouched for the decisive score. It was the first punt return for a TD in 11 years for Colorado (7-2, 5-1 Pac-12, No. 15 CFP).The game featured a combined 25 penalties for 224 yards, two blocked kicks and five turnovers.UCLA (3-6, 1-5) has dropped four straight. ' ' '