Added these to the spring training album. they are large high quality images so they make take a long time to load – but it’s worth it!

CBS Sports – Twins camp tour: Mauer is Minnesota’s natural wonder

New York Times – All-Star Catcher Crouches, Waiting for the offers to roll in

StarTribune Blog – Can you blame Joe?

Scott Miller caught up with 2009 AL MVP Joe Mauer about his exciting run to the playoffs last season and what to expect in 2010.

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These are from the last two days.:)
Credit PioneerPress for both
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This past Sunday, the Twins held their annual spring bowling tournament called “Twins And Pins,” a charity event benefiting Habitat For Humanity. Mauer brought his own bowling ball to spring training. He planned on carrying it on the plane, but it didn’t get through security because the X-ray equipment couldn’t penetrate the ball, so he had to check it into baggage. “Twins And Pins” was held in a dingy little bowling alley behind a KFC in Fort Myers. It wasn’t mandatory for Twins players to go to the event, but, of course, Mauer went. And, of course, he is a good bowler.

“You should have seen him, the perfect spin, in the pocket, the pins just exploded when the ball hit them,” said the Twins’ new second baseman Orlando Hudson. “He’s a great bowler.”

Typically for Mauer, he shrugged it off. It was no big deal that he rolled a 205.

The big deal is how he handled the event.

“Here he is, Joe Mauer, the face of the franchise,” said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. “He couldn’t have been nicer. He had a smile on his face the whole night. And after he rolls another strike, he is high-fiving people that he just met that night at a bowling alley.”

Complete Article at ESPN

Ron Shapiro, the agent for Twins catcher Joe Mauer, has arrived in Fort Myers, Fla., to meet with the Twins, a club source confirmed on Wednesday night.

While it’s being shaped as Shapiro’s annual visit to spring training, the sides are expected to hold face-to-face discussions about the future of the Twins’ MVP catcher.

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Credit to Startribune – From today’s workout
Nothing like sliding drills with no cleats on!

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“I went over to Japan in 2006 and had a great time over there,” Mauer said. “The people over there love the game of baseball and they appreciate little things like taking an extra base, base hits. They’re excited and it’s pretty neat to be known over there too.”

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