![In this Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, photo, Minnesota Twins’ Joe Mauer acknowledges a standing ovation as he donned catcher’s gear and caught for one pitch against a Chicago White Sox batter in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis. (Jim Mone / Associated Press) Joe Mauer lifts his arms to the crowd.](https://www.twincities.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Twins_Mauer_Baseball_86790-1.jpg?w=538)
"When they brought it up, I kind of started to cry," said Mauer, who will become the fourth St. Paul player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
"When they brought it up, I kind of started to cry," said Mauer, who will become the fourth St. Paul player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.