"The pride and ego that come with winning nine Gold Glove awards in center field aren't all that Torii Hunter has to suppress as he resumes his transition to right field Wednesday in Angel Stadium.

Hunter, who on Tuesday completed a four-game suspension for a testy argument with an umpire last Friday, will have to subdue the instinct — bred over a decade of being the lead dog in the outfield — to rabidly chase down every ball in the gaps.

"I'm going to call Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Cameron to see what the biggest adjustment was," Hunter said, referring to a pair of Gold Glove-winning center fielders who moved to right field. "It's cool, because now I'm learning something new. I was always told when you stop learning in baseball, your career is over."

Hunter, who switched positions on Aug. 3 to accommodate speedy 23-year-old center fielder Peter Bourjos, could learn a potentially career-saving lesson from Cameron: know when to yield to the center fielder.

Cameron, then with the New York Mets, moved to right to make way for new center fielder Carlos Beltran in 2005, and on Aug. 11 of that season, the two had a horrific collision in San Diego.

Running full speed for David Ross' looping fly to short right-center, both players dived and crashed — head to head, cheek to cheek — in midair, sending Cameron's sunglasses flying and leaving a blood stain in the grass.

Cameron broke his nose, had multiple fractures of both cheekbones and a concussion. He underwent facial surgery and missed the rest of the season. Beltran suffered a concussion and a minor facial fracture."