Joe Mauer
I Picked Baseball Over Soccer …
And I’ve Acquired No Regrets!!!
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Alex Rodriguez regrets giving Patrick Mahomes recommendation to play baseball over soccer … however Joe Mauer as soon as really made that robust resolution — and he tells TMZ Sports activities he is not ruing the selection one bit.
We caught up with the Minnesota Twins legend on Monday, only a day after A-Rod revealed he tried to get a 10-year-old Mahomes to give up the gridiron for the diamond — and he made it clear, he is proud of how his life performed out after he made the massive decide.
Mauer, in the event you weren’t conscious, was once a helluva quarterback. He was the highest highschool soccer recruit within the nation … and at one level, he accepted a scholarship provide to play for Bobby Bowden‘s Florida State Seminoles.
However Mauer was additionally a beast behind dwelling plate — and after he bought taken by the Twins with the primary general decide within the 2001 MLB draft, he put down the pigskin.
And, at LAX this week, he advised us he is simply high-quality with how his life went from there.
“Finally glad I selected baseball,” he mentioned with a smile.
Mauer, in fact, had a 15-year profession within the Huge Leagues, and logged a .306 batting common with six All-Star appearances. This summer time, he was inducted into the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame.
It is very seemingly the man would have been equally spectacular had he stayed beneath middle … however you are definitely not going to listen to any Twins supporters questioning the choice anytime quickly.
