Play Ball! BC and The MVP

August 22nd, 2008

Our friends at Play Ball! BC Magazine have put together a nice event for over 90 baseball players from British Columbia.

Six teams of kids from BC will be in attendance at the Monday, August 25th game between the Twins and Mariners in Seattle. Before the game, Justin Morneau will stop by to greet the kids and welcome them to the ballpark.

Check back to JustinMorneau.com in the upcoming weeks to view photos from the event.

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Hot stretches

August 21st, 2008

Justin Morneau has become accustomed to seasons full of highs and lows.

Over the past few seasons, the Twins’ first baseman has gone through his share of really hot stretches only to then hit lulls that he found difficult to get past.

This year has been different. Instead, he’s had a season that he describes as “decently consistent.” Through the first 81 games, Morneau was hitting .306 with 63 RBI. It’s a season that hadn’t included any hot streaks through the first three months for Morneau.

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Heavy pour

August 18th, 2008

Twins slugger Justin Morneau kept the glasses filled during his bartending stint at Morton’s Steakhouse Sunday. Morneau and several of his teammates left the field after Sunday’s victory and moonlighted as the wait staff for a benefit dinner.

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19 runs 19 home runs

August 17th, 2008

Justin Morneau hit his 19th home run of the season during the Twins 11-8 win over the Seattle Mariners.  After ending July on a hot streak, the homer was Morneau’s first in August.  JMo also added an RBI single in the game, raising his season RBI total to 96.

The win was the Twins 70th of the season and allowed them to maintain their first place tie with the Chicago White Sox.

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Setback for Canada at Olympics

August 16th, 2008

BEIJING – The Canadian Olympic Team’s medal hopes took a huge hit today as Canada would suffer another heartbreaking loss, this time at the hands of the United States by a score of 5-4 at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games.

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