Joe Mauer will be playing first base Thursday in Chicago. Mauer needs to do this so that he can rest his body and get his bat in the lineup. Mauer has been somewhat pressured into doing this by the media and fans, but I don't blame him. People pay lots of money to watch Mauer play, making it unacceptable for people to show up to Target Field and not get to see Mauer. The Twins are paying him 180 million dollars and they aren't paying him that much to sit on the bench and talk about how tired his legs are.
Mauer's probably going to be really good at 1st base. It's pretty much like catching, but much, much easier. He might not know the positioning that well, but this guy has an amazingly high baseball IQ. I trust him to make all the right plays and play very well.
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