Mauer worth watching all summer
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Joe Mauer #7 of the Minnesota Twins triples in the Metrodome.
Photo by Scott A. Schneider/Getty Images
The Minnesota Twins are mired under .500. But Commentator Peter Smith says Twins fans have a big reason to snap open the sports page every morning, or check their favorite baseball websites, all summer long and smile - a kid from Saint Paul named Joe Mauer.
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