Joe Mauer, hometown hero – ESPN
Submitted by Theresa on April 16th, 2010
Great article about the ESPN Homecoming taping from ESPN.com!
The norm for “Homecoming” is to bring athletes back to their roots, to return him or her to the place where everything began and reveal the humanity behind the icon in the process. Yet Mauer’s homecoming would be unlike any other, and not just because of the record-setting audience …
Joe Mauer never left home.
He was born in Minnesota and he honed his swing there, using the now patented Mauer Quick Swing designed by his father when Mauer was just a child. He was also a star athlete in Minnesota, striking out once in his entire high school career.
