Getting your player ready...
What, $120 million over six years? $175 mill over seven? Just how much it will cost small-market Minnesota to keep star catcher Joe Mauer — owner of three batting titles, two Gold Gloves and an MVP award at age 27 — was a hot topic for those who braved minus-4 temperatures to attend this year’s TwinsFest. As Joe Christensen noted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: “Twins CEO Jim Pohlad told the audience he’d lost his wallet, instructing anyone who found it to kindly bring it to his table. ‘Actually, you may as well take it over to Joe,’ Pohlad said, drawing a pretty good laugh.” The Seattle Times; AP file photo
