Things I've Noticed

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Justin Morneau collecting first base dirt from the Metrodome

“I thought I wasn’t going to miss this place,” [Morneau] said. “But this was home. My first game in the majors. My first hit.”

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Twins catcher Joe Mauer was driving home from Sunday’s game, still disappointed by the loss, when Morneau called him from the field and asked if he wanted dirt from home plate.

“I wasn’t really planning on that,” Mauer said.

Click for full article.  Photo Credit to Jeff Wheeler, Minneapolis Star-Tribune