Speaking of Mauer, Justin Morneau sort of vanished too, for the most part although he did win a cheap batting title, after a few quite good years in the late 00s.

Back to the subject of Albert..

He did go 3 for 5 w/ 3 runs scored, 2 home runs and 4 Rbi the other night, for a brief moment we got to see vintage Albert again!

Yes his play has declined, but he is still going to probably drive in close to 100 runs this year.

Also he is less than 100 hits away from 3000.

I would like to see him retire with a .300 average but if he hangs around to much longer that may be in jeopardy.