Knowing that he wanted to play often, especially during home games where he's an absolute beast, Joe Mauer decided he wanted to start hitting lefties better.  In fact, he wanted to hit them with such a fiery passion so that he and his good Canadian buddy Justin Morneau could bat after one another in the lineup.  Essentially, he'd be able to trick opposing managers into bringing in their left-handed specialist during late game situations, where he would proceed to make them look foolish.  Anyways, it started up by making a simple call to former rubber arm Twins reliever Terry Mulholland.  Once a week they would meet up and have one on one batting practice.  As the offseason wore on, he notice how much better he was getting.  It was a thing of beauty how every pitch Terry threw to the middle to outer half of the plate, Joe could simply flick them over the left field wall.  Deciding not to hoard his new found glory, Joe decided to create a secret group.  He named it "Yes I'm a lefty... and I prefer hitting lefties damnit."  First he invited his good buddy Justin Morneau.  Then after seeing the sad departure of Denard Span not once but twice down to the minors, the third time Span returned the two Twin Heroes got together and got Span in on their little secret.  Word on the street is that Morneau is sick of being pitched around so frequently.  So recently with some reluctance, the three members voted and decided to share their secret with the quiet fury known as Jason Kubel.  The results speak for themselves recently. However, the members are a bit concerned that Manager Ron Gardenhire may be aware of their secret as he's been more willing to slot Mauer, Morneau and Kubel one after another in the lineup.  Similarly, Jason Kubel as seen more and more at bats against left-handers.  Still no word yet on whether Brian Buscher and Mike Lamb will be allowed membership.

Versus Lefties:

*Mauer: .379/.423/.589

*Morneau: .299/.347/.482

*Span: .306/.393/.571