Well...put simply, he deserved it. However, to put Joe Mauer in the same class as Bubbles Hargrave, Ernie Lombardi, Johnny Bench, or Jerry Grote is kind of stretching it a little bit. Nevertheless, Joe Mauer is a all star caliber catcher. Hopefully, the Twins can scrape up some cash to pay him and avoid the free agent system at the risk of losing him to another club.

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