Justin Morneau News

Canadian Justin Morneau is the American League MVP. The Minnesota Twins first baseman from New Westminster, B.C., beat out New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Morneau is the second Canadian to be named MVP, joining 1997 National League winner Larry Walker. Morneau picked up 15 of the 28 first-place votes and 320 points, 14 points ahead of Jeter, who had 12 ...

The Minnesota Twins' M&M Boys aren't quite Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris just yet. Roommates Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, whose success and maturity this season earned them the nickname first bestowed upon the Yankees greats, went 0-for-7 with a walk in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Oakland in Game 1 of their AL division series. Mauer, who hit .347 in the regular season to become the first catcher to win ...

Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau drove in his 130th run of the season Sunday to tie Larry Walker's single-season record for most RBIs by a Canadian. Morneau took an outside pitch off the plate and muscled it into left field, a bloop double that brought Joe Mauer home from second. Walker, from Maple Ridge, B.C., knocked in 130 runs for the Colorado Rockies in 1997, when he batted .366 ...