Fitzpatrick says that basketball was Joe's favorite sport, and recruiting services said he was the best senior quarterback in the country, but Mauer's game was always going to be baseball.

Baseball won over Joe, but he was a standout in basketball and a stud in football. At first, Mauer liked whatever sport was in season. He initially preferred basketball, and then in early in high ...

Joe Mauer was a baseball rarity ... He was a national player of the year in both football and baseball and all-state in basketball at Cretin Derham Hall. He chose baseball, signing with the ...

former Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, who also played three sports — also football, basketball and baseball — at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minn. Well, Mauer didn't just ...

Joe Mauer has joined the exclusive first-ballot ... where he starred in baseball, basketball and football. The catcher made his major league debut on April 5, 2004, finishing 2 for 3 at the ...

Before Joe Mauer tore up the base path at Target Field ... Mauer also spent three seasons on the varsity basketball team. After averaging 9.0 points per game as a sophomore, he averaged 20.0 ...

The same Joe Mauer is a Minnesota Twins legend who played ... to be their starting quarterback and was an All-State guard in basketball. But baseball was Mauer’s best sport, and with the very ...

Former Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer smiles during the ceremony inducting ... So Minnesota needs to make sure that they keep playing basketball. And teams like Denver, the LA Clippers, Phoenix ...