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Sports Illustrated - Mon Nov 23, 5:46 pm ET
No catcher ever has won the Most Valuable Player Award unanimously, an honor Joe Mauer of Minnesota somehow was deprived of in the 2009 voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Only one vote stood between Mauer and his rightful claim to history: a first-place vote for Miguel Cabrera, a powerful hitter, but a guy who played first base for a second-place Detroit team ...
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 23, 2:15 pm ET
deserved to win by an unanimous vote. The guy who voted for some body else must have watched another league. 27 of 28 voters had it right. … read more The other guy should lose his voting priviledge based upon being incompetent.
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The Washington Times - Tue Nov 24, 5:56 am ET
Former Sen. Norm Coleman, Minnesota Republican, who narrowly lost his bid for a second term in a bitter eight-month recount battle with Democrat Al Franken, may be poised for an improbable comeback after a new survey showed that half of all Republicans polled would support him if he enters the gubernatorial race next year. Mr. Coleman has largely stayed out of the limelight since the state's ...
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Post-Bulletin - Tue Nov 24, 2:19 pm ET
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer was named the American League's Most Valuable Player on Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He received 27 of 28 first-place votes and becam
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Tue Nov 24, 4:34 am ET
Minnesota's catcher and three-time batting champion gets 27 of 28 first-place votes.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch - Tue Nov 24, 12:08 am ET
BASEBALL AL MVP VOTING Voting for the American League Most Valuable Player Award, with first-, secondand third-place votes and total points on a 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis: Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Joe Mauer, Minn.——————————27 1 - 387 Mark Teixeira, N.Y.————- 15 6 225
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Fox Sports - Mon Nov 23, 2:18 pm ET
Joe Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. The Minnesota Twins star was a near-unanimous winner in voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes and 387 points. Yankees teammates Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter were second and third. Mauer topped the AL in batting ...
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Kansas City InfoZine - Tue Nov 24, 6:04 am ET
Joe Mauer, who won an unprecedented third batting championship for a catcher and helped propel the Minnesota Twins to the American League Central title, was elected the AL Most Valuable Player for 2009 in balloting by the BBWAA.
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The Janesville Gazette - Tue Nov 24, 5:28 am ET
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player on Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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WINK TV Southwest Florida - Mon Nov 23, 9:36 pm ET
Joe Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. The Minnesota Twins star was a near-unanimous winner in voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes and 387 points.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 4:25 pm ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player after winning his second straight batting crown while leading his team to the playoffs.
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WKBT La Crosse - Thu Nov 19, 9:37 am ET
Associated Press - November 19, 2009 9:24 AM ET ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) - Republican Allen Quist has declared himself a candidate in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, hoping to knock of...
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MinnPost - Mon Nov 23, 10:56 am ET
Group launches petition drives in St. Paul and Duluth to require photo IDs for voters By Joe Kimball | Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 The Minnesota Voters Alliance says it wants a charter change in the two Home Rule cities that would require voters to show photo identification as a way to prevent fraud at the polls.
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KIMT Mason City - Mon Nov 23, 2:23 pm ET
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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KTTC Rochester - Mon Nov 23, 2:20 pm ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- Joe Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. The Minnesota Twins star was a near-unanimous winner in voting announced