One week before Election Day, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are making their final campaign rounds.

On the Democratic side, vice presidential pick Tim Walz of Minnesota recently appeared on the Dan Le Batard Show with Stu Gotz.

And in a clip shared by the show on Tuesday, Walz ended up talking a little baseball about his hometown. Minnesota Twins.

“He’s a Hall of Famer at catcher. He’s a Hall of Famer at first base. Can they put him in twice?”

@Tim_Walz bites on @StuGotz790s’ Joe Mauer’s take on not being a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

Alright, so let’s break this down piece by piece. Stu Gotz says he thinks Mauer is a Hall of Famer, but he disagrees with his first-ballot election. This is not an unpopular opinion, as several people at election time last year thought the same thing.

Mauer was a very productive player, hitting .306 for his career, and he played 15 years. However, only nine of them were truly Hall of Fame worthy (2005-2013).

As a receiver, Walz is right. Mauer was among the best players at the position for the entirety of those nine years. He made the All-Star team six times during that run, won three Gold Glove Awards and three batting titles. He also won the MVP award in 2009.

However, for Walz to insinuate that Mauer is ALSO a Hall of Famer at first base? This is not correct. Mauer has played 603 career games at first base and was primarily a first baseman between 2014 and 2018. In those five seasons, he never won a Gold Glove Award, was never part of a All-Star team and never received an MVP vote.

During those years, he hit .278 and hit only 38 home runs.

Now, the whole conversation was probably more fun than serious, but we take all baseball allegations seriously, so we had to investigate.

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