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Justin Ernest George Morneau (born May 15, 1981) is a Canadian former professional baseball first baseman.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, and Chicago White Sox.At 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), Morneau was drafted as a catcher by the Twins in 1999. He converted to first base in the minor leagues and made ...
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Justin Ernest George Morneau (pronounced MORE-no)...wife Krista (Martin)...daughter Evelyn (9/23/10), son Martin (7/21/12)...1999 graduate of New Westminster (BC) Secondary School where he played baseball, basketball and hockey...member of National Championship baseball team in 1997 and 1998...named top catcher and hitter at National Championships in 1998...New Westminster High School Athlete ...
Sep 25, 2021 · MINNEAPOLIS -- The first time Justin Morneau ever visited Minneapolis, he was a 14- or 15-year-old kid about to play in a hockey tournament. At the time, the New Westminster, B.C., native hoped to ...
Sep 26, 2021 · The Twins inducted a little-known maple syrup farmer into their team Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Oh yeah, Justin Morneau played some baseball, too. Five years after Morneau retired and eight ...
Jan 24, 2020 · MINNEAPOLIS -- Growing up on the western coast of Canada, Justin Morneau was, of course, coaxed towards the national winter sport of hockey. Could he have made a career out of that? "Not good enough," Morneau said. "I played one game of junior hockey as a 16-year-old." Perhaps it was
Sep 26, 2021 · MINNEAPOLIS -- The first time Justin Morneau saw the Minnesota Twins, he still thought he was going to play hockey. Of course he did. He was a teenager growing up in Canada. He loved both hockey and baseball, but he even skipped a year of baseball when he was 8
Born in New Westminster, B.C., in 1981, Justin Morneau honed his skills with the North Delta Blue Jays of the B.C. Premier Baseball League and the Canadian Junior National Team before being selected by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 1999 MLB draft. The left-handed hitting Canuck began his minor league career […]
Sep 25, 2021 · Justin Morneau remembered the first time he came to Minnesota at about 15 years old for a hockey tournament at the University of Minnesota. Back then, the Canadian's dream was to play in the NHL.
Jan 17, 2018 · Justin Morneau officially ended his 14-season major league baseball career on Wednesday during a retirement ceremony at Target Field. I was fortunate to live my dream every day, said Morneau, 36.
