While Joe Mauer’s bat has cooled off ever so slightly, the BWE-worthy material keeps comin’ on in. Although he’s known as a shy guy off the field, to the camera he’s anything but, as demonstrated by the cover of last week’s Sports Illustrated. If the casual baseball viewer didn’t know Mauer before the All-Star break, they sure do now.

It wouldn’t be fair to only focus on Joe with the week his roommate — and other half of the “M&M” duo — had against the Royals. Mr. Morneau brought it to the house in the four game series in Kansas City, going 6-for-16 with two doubles, a homerun, and 10 RBI. Now batting .321 with 29 dingers and 99 RBIs, Morneau has even found himself the subject of a little MVP candidacy talk as of late. My counterpart may have put best it earlier in the season with the statement “as Morneau goes, so do the Twins.” Let’s hope the engine doesn’t run out of steam.