Sports

TFD: Here's Joe Mauer in a Cedar Rapids Kernels jersey

By Michael Rand

August 5, 2014 at 1:53PM

Joe Mauer is taking batting practice with the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Monday before playing a rehab game there Tuesday (along with pitcher Ricky Nolasco).

Here is a shot of Joe in his minor league uniform, via the Kernels' Instagram. Strange, but he looks younger wearing it:

about the writer

Michael Rand

Columnist / Reporter

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).

More from Sports

Olympics

Live: Vonn crashes early in her last Olympic downhill race

Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press

Olympics

Live: Vonn crashes early in her last Olympic downhill race

Lindsey Vonn, skiing with a torn ACL in her left knee, did not complete the women’s downhill run on a busy Sunday for Minnesota’s Olympians at the Milan Cortina Games.

Vikings

Analysis: Super Bowl GMs show just how off-target Vikings were in hiring Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

Mark Craig

John Froschauer/The Associated Press

Vikings

Analysis: Super Bowl GMs show just how off-target Vikings were in hiring Kwesi Adofo-Mensah

Mark Craig

Gophers

Gophers men’s hockey swept by Ohio State with 2-1 loss

Ceci De Young/Gophers athletics

Gophers

Gophers men’s hockey swept by Ohio State with 2-1 loss

Olympics

Live: Vonn crashes early in her last Olympic downhill race

Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press

Olympics

Live: Vonn crashes early in her last Olympic downhill race

Lindsey Vonn, skiing with a torn ACL in her left knee, did not complete the women’s downhill run on a busy Sunday for Minnesota’s Olympians at the Milan Cortina Games.