Can the Twins overcome Lewis’s quad like they did Mauer’s knee? After 24-year-old Royce Lewis’s 2023 playoff heroics revitalized Twins Territory, his first 2024 swing lofted a home run over Kauffman Stadium’s LF fence—the legend seemingly continued.
The 2024 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class is an exciting one. A pair of two lifelong franchise players in Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins) and Todd Helton (Colorado Rockies), a prodigal slugger in Adrián Beltré, and one of the best managers in baseball in Jim Leyland.
Minnesota has thawed out early this year to celebrate The Past Week on Twinkie Town: We’re currently on round 13 of the Twinkie Town list of the Greatest Minnesota Twins.
The Baseball Hall of Fame added three new members as Adrian Beltre, Todd, Helton, and Joe Mauer reached the needed 75% of votes. Mauer, Helton, and Beltre now have a spot in Cooperstown as one of the greatest to ever play the game, and righftully so.
It's been a fame-filled week for the Minnesota Twins. On Tuesday, Joe Mauer received four votes over the minimum to get elected to the baseball Hall of
Fans tired of waiting for news regarding this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) free-agent market can pivot their attention to the 2024 Hall of Fame election announcement.
Earlier this week, Minnesota Twins' legend Joe Mauer was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by receiving 76.1 percent of the vote. Speaking at his Hall of Fame press conference in Cooperstown on Thursday, Mauer revealed that the best congratulatory wish he's received thus far is from NHL legend Wayne Gretzky.
Mystery shrouded Byron Buxton when the Minnesota Twins took him second overall in 2012. The Twins had just taken a guy out of Baxley, Ga., who had Paul Bunyan strength and the Flash’s speed.
Joe Mauer’s Hall of Fame selection brings good news... To start: the Hall of Fame is a knot of contradictions. An institution that recognizes the superlatives,
Dan Patrick doesn't think Joe Mauer is deserving of a first-ballot entry into the Hall of Fame. "Is Joe Mauer a first-ballot Hall of Famer? No, I don't think so," Patrick said Wednesday morning on his daily radio show.
When longtime Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, another legendary slugger was among the first to congratulate him.
The Baseball Hall of Fame will gain three new members in the summer of 2024. So, who is heading to Cooperstown and who is not? The Baseball Writers’ Association of America revealed their votes on Tuesday, sending Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to the Hall of Fame.
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Joe Mauer and David Wright had eerily similar MLB careers.
Former Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday night as he earned 76.1 percent of the vote. Mauer joins Adrian Beltre in this year's class as guys who are going into the Hall on the first ballot.
There have been countless great players to ever play professionally in North American pro sports leagues, but not one in the history of the MLB, NBA, NFL, and the NHL has managed to accomplish what former Minnesota Twins star Joe Mauer finally achieved when he got elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced its 2024 class on Tuesday.
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) announced the results of the 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame voting, with Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton being nominated to Cooperstown.
The Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday that Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton have been elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America. They will be elected alongside Jim Leyland, who was selected by the Era Committee last month.
This winter represents the first year that Joe Mauer is eligible for the Hall of Fame. The St. Paul native retired after the 2018 season and enjoyed a
Joe Mauer’s first year on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been going well. It’s fair to say it’s been even better than some Twins fans expected to see before the official announcement.
With one day until the Dec. 31st deadline to turn in ballots, former Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer remains in a good spot as he looks to gain induction into the National Baseball Hall of Famer.
We are still less than 10 percent of the way through the voting, but as of now, former Minnesota Twins star Joe Mauer is trending towards election into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Once again, the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has come around. The HOF ballot is regularly one of the sport’s most polarizing topics, and this year looks to be no different.
It seemed evident that Joe Mauer would retire after the 2018 season. On the final game of the year, he legged out a double and later emerged from the dugout in catcher’s gear.
Joe Mauer, for the first time since retiring in 2018, is on baseball's Hall of Fame ballot. The National Baseball Hall of Fame unveiled the 2024 ballot on Monday and it includes three former Twins: Mauer, Torii Hunter and Bartolo Colon.
Joe Mauer’s relief was palpable Saturday night as St. Paul’s sandlot hero reflected on his 15-year Twins career and the emotionally charged speech he finally delivered to 34-plus thousand friends, relatives, teammates and fans at Target Field.
As Joe Mauer is inducted into the Minnesota Twins’ Hall of Fame on Saturday, many will remember his career with fondness and appreciation. Ask almost any national MLB pundit, and they’ll all agree that his name belongs in Cooperstown, among the best in the history of the game.
Donald Charles "Jake" Mauer, the man responsible for gifting the baseball world with Joe, Jake III. and Billy Mauer, died Jan. 17 at the age of 66. Mauer passed away peacefully at his home in Braham, Minnesota, according to his obituary.
Arguably the biggest question for the Twins this offseason is how they’ll address shortstop. Minnesota’s shocking Spring Training signing of Carlos Correa solved the position for the 2022 campaign, but it’s again up in the air after the two-time All-Star opted out of the final two years of his contract.
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