MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Once one of the game's great hitters, Joe Mauer hasn't been the same force in the batter's box for two years now. Mauer is coming off one of the worst offensive seasons of his career, ...

Joe Mauer was everything that a baseball fan could ever dream of. From Minnesota, the Twins drafted a hometown kid No. 1 overall in 2001. Mauer stayed with the Twins for 15 seasons, then became a ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Joe Mauer hit his first homer this spring, a two-run drive that sent a split squad of Minnesota Twins past the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 Tuesday. Mauer connected in the first ...

The Twins were trailing the New York Yankees and lefthander Andy Pettitte 5-4 on June 2, 2008, in the Metrodome. Joe Mauer came to the plate without a home run in 184 at-bats for the season. He hit a ...