Mid-day talker: What does All-Star Joe Mauer have to do to earn your cheers again

Good times.

July 2, 2012 at 4:48PM

The best Twins player of this generation is having a bounce-back season, punctuated by earning another trip to the All-Star game, which was announced Sunday. And yet there is this:

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Josh Willingham is having a very good season -- with several memorable hits -- but he plays a crowded position, and if you look at his overall numbers ... it gets harder to make a case for Willingham over Mauer. Still, we have this.

As such, we started the #BlameMauer hashtag. People are jumping on it, as we expected they would:

And so, the question remains: What does Joe Mauer have to do to earn your cheers again? And please say something that doesn't involve "home runs" or "$23 million."

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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