vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/24/2009
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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. —CONFUCIUS Joe Mauer speaks in a buttery monotone, occasionally giving away his unmistakable Minnesotaness, as when he turns so into two syllables, with a slight accent on the second one (so-OH). As a hitter, he ...
babeslovebaseball.com - 7/2/2009
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babeslovebaseball.com —
Joe Mauer has enough at bats to earn
another American League batting championship, and pretty soon, he'll...
have enough plate appearances.
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Man Muscles! Mauer Is Almost There
sports.yahoo.com - 7/2/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Joe Mauer (notes) is from Minnesota. He is
white. He plays Major League Baseball. He is considered...
something of a pretty boy. None of these four things outlaws him from practicing his secret hobby. All of them combined into one 6-foot-5, ...
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Mauer's best rap is with a bat - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/26/2009
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vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com —
To carry Mauer under a new contract, the
Twins would most likely have to push their payroll...
from $65 million into the neighborhood of $90 million—in line with the average 37% first-year jump in payroll for the past six non--New York franchises that ...
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The odds are stacked against him, but here's why the ...
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Tom Verducci Has Found His Latest Anti-Drug Mascot: Joe Mauer [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin —
Oh, lookie. Here's Tom Verducci, once again on the cover of Sports Illustrated, once again turning real live baseball players into toy soldiers whom he can draft into his own personal war on steroids. The latest conscript is Joe Mauer, and here is what Verducci has to say: Since baseball instituted steroid testing with penalties in 2004, the sport has largely lacked a major national narrative to pull the game forward the way that the consecutive-games record of Cal Ripken and the (since devalued) 1998 home run race between ...
On Mauer, and the elusive pursuit of .400
Diamond Hoggers —
... His article on Joe Mauer chasing down .400 was pretty interesting. But it was also a bit premature. ...
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sportressofblogitude.com 6/23/2009 — Here is how I envision a meeting at Sports Illustrated corporate headquarters goes when deciding who to put on the cover:
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sports.yahoo.com 7/2/2009 — These are heady times for Joe Mauer . Not only is he a few plate appearances from qualifying for the league leader board and preparing for yet another All-Star trip, several teammates have started to leak the details of another post-baseball ...
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bleacherreport.com 7/13/2009 — One of the worst interviews the state of Minnesota has ever seen is also one of their most valuable assets.
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myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/18/2009 — Joe Mauer has been having one hell of a season for the Twins this year. Before the break, he was batting nearly .400 and though his bat has cooled off a bit since, he currently sits atop the AL leaderboard and has a good chance to win his third batting title. Man Muscles has also set a ...
Brewers stop skid, beat Twins on two-error play —
ESPN.com - MLB 6/25/2009
Jason Kendall's two-out double in the eighth inning tied the game, and the Milwaukee catcher came around to score after two errors on the play to give the Brewers an unlikely 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
