>> THIS IS A BONA FIDE CATCHER WITH ALL THE SKILLS THAT YOU LOOK FOR.

HE CAN THROW, HE CAN RUN, HE HAS POWER.

HE CAN HIT, HE CAN HIT FOR AVERAGE.

HE CAN HIT LEFTIES.

HE IS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOOK FOR IN A BALL PLAYER.

>> I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER SPOT TO BE PLACED IN.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE FEELING TODAY AND I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TWINS SELECTED ME AND I'M A BASEBALL PLAYER.

♪♪ >> Eric: JOE MAUER WAS INDEED A BASEBALL PLAYER.

HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN A TWINS UNIFORM AND BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN LEAGUE CATCHER IN MLB HISTORY TO WIN THREE BATTING TITLES.

A FIRST BALLOT HALL OF FAME SELECTION, MAUER'S INDUCTION CEREMONY IS THIS SUNDAY IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK.

WITH ALL THAT BASEBALL TALK IT'S HARD TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE BALL FIELD FOR THIS WEEK'S HISTORY QUESTION.

BUT ALAS, WE MUST.

THE YEAR 1930.

MARCH OF THAT YEAR A BELOVED FORMER ST. PAULITE DIES AFTER A TWO, HAD YEAR RETIREMENT ON A FARM IN FOREST LAKE.

THEIR CLAIM TO FAME, A GRANDFATHER SO FAMOUS THAT HE HAD A ST. PAUL STREET NAMED AFTER HIM.

PLUS HE OR SHE WAS THE LAST OF THEIR KIND UNTIL THEIR GROUP WAS RESURRECTED IN 1995.

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JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.

THIS WEEK, 2010, JOEY RYAN AND THE INKS PAID A VISIT TO US RIGHT HERE IN STUDIO B.

TAKE A LISTEN.

WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.

BE CAREFUL.

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