Hunter homers in first at-bat after four-year absence

CINCINNATI - Cedric Hunter was 18 when he walked into an Atlanta area tattoo parlor and ordered them to etch a Major League Baseball logo onto his left arm. He was a high school baseball star with aspirations to reach the majors.

"I got a lot of stuff for it," Hunter said. "But it's something that I loved to do since I was 12."

Hunter wore the tattoo when he was a top prospect with San Diego, when he looked like the ink would spend its summers in major-league ballparks. He reached the majors in 2011, but the tattoo's time there was short lived. Hunter had just one hit in four at-bats. The ball from his first hit was lost before he could keep it as a memento.

Hunter spent the last four seasons…