Why not No. 7, dad, he asked? On his wall above his bed is a poster of Joe Mauer. This boy longs to hear “Now batting, Connor Kraushar,” some day. Joe Mauer, hometown hero to so many little ...

Mauer won three batting titles -- with averages of .347 in 2006, .328 in 2008 and .365 in 2009. He had a .306 career average, 143 homers, 923 RBIs in 1,858 games before retiring following the 2018 ...