MLB All Star Game

No other player has received so much hatred in Minnesota other then Joe Mauer. What can I say about 2011 that hasn't already been said? Bilateral leg weakness , playing only 82 games, and having a batting average of .287 which was a career low. Not to mention Mauer made $23 million that season.

The MLB All-Star Game was more or less over after the first inning when Justin Verlander gave up five runs to the National League squad.

While baseball fans are soaking up All-Star week, David Letterman decided to feature some American League All-Stars as a part of his Top 10 list. Among the players featured in the Top 10, Joe Mauer made an appearance, delivering number 9 on the list.

Because he plays for the Colorado Rockies, who have among the worst records of any Major League Baseball team at the All-Star break, Carlos Gonzalez flies under the radar.

The Major League Baseball All-Star rosters were announced yesterday, and while the Twins and Brewers are having a bumpy 2012 season, both teams will be sending a player to be part of this year's festivities in Kansas City. Joe Mauer makes the alternate list for the American League after staying healthy this season and swinging a hot bat lately...

We are almost through June, which means the MLB All-Star game is approaching along with the same question that gets asked every season — who should decide the All-Star team rosters?

Last night I was looking forward to watching Michael Cuddyer play in his first All Star game, but in reality I only saw Cuddyer for a brief second before he would fly out to right-field. As the night went on, and the innings flew by, I kept asking myself is this really the All Star game? It seemed like the American League had dinner reservations for later in the night, so instead of playing baseba

Does the name Brent Gates ring a bell in any Minnesota Twins fans heads? Probably not, because Gates has a lifetime batting average of .264, and only had 616 Major League hits in his career; but what is unique is that Gates is the last Minnesota Twin player to wear number five (1999) besides Michael Cuddyer.