 Joe Maurer is retiring former number one pick. He's from the twin cities played his entire career with the twins now Concussions kind of robbed him of the ability to catch and moved him to first base and Bob nightingale Who writes for USA today said they also probably robbed him of a spot in the Hall of Fame? but three batting titles as a catcher just doesn't happen no and you wonder is he still a Hall of Famer he won the MVP in 2009 six-time all-star gold glove winner three times hit 306 overall 2123 hits 143 homers 923 ribbies I think he still gets a sniff as a Hall of Famer because of what he did behind the plate catchers don't win batting titles They don't and catchers their careers don't end with them catching right ever, you know So they either play first or sometimes third or they DH if the American League It's it's you know, it's gonna happen to Buster Posey. It's gonna happen to Gary Sanchez these guys Putting up numbers at the catching position for as long as like a pose he did it or our it's just amazing people might forget but Thurman months in the last game he actually played in the field he did not play behind the plate and that was probably gonna be his future as well and Maurer gets to do something that many people who get to do play for one team and call his shot If he wanted to come back he obviously wasn't gonna make 20 million dollars a year anymore But the twins will probably aren't gonna win anything next year anyway Would probably have kept him so he gets to call a shot. I mean what an unbelievable career local boy makes good And isn't it perfect on? His first children that he had twins. Oh, that is perfect just perfect