User blog comment:PF News/Tri-State Gazette, Issue 74/@comment-406459-20120817203245

I attempted to point this out before the article was published, but it appears clear to me that the original article the Joe Mauer story comes from is satirical in nature (that is, not really written by Mauer). I don't really follow baseball, but it appears to be either poking fun at Mauer for having a childlike nature and/or persona or just meant to be absurd for absurdism's sake (or possibly a combination of the two).