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Twins' Mauer expects to play opening day (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Joe Mauer was hoping to keep his latest health problem hidden. His visibility in the lineup and behind the plate for the first game of the regular season, however, is obviously of utmost importance. Despite slow recovery from a December operation to remove a chronic obstruction on his kidney, Mauer and the Minnesota Twins are planning on accomplishing that goal.