• Just before Justin's first game in the major leagues, Larry Walker gave him a bat he had signed saying, “To Justin, make Canada proud."
• In 2006, Justin wore a Todd Bertuzzi t-shirt under his uniform every day.
• In the 2006 AL MVP voting, Justin got 15 first-place votes for 320 points. That was 14 more points and three more first-place votes than Derek Jeter.
• The longest major league home run Justin has hit was a 460-foot shot off of Milwaukee reliever Mike DeJean.
• Justin wears 33 in honor of former NHL goalie Patrick Roy.
• In 2006, Justin lived with teammate Joe Mauer in a St. Paul condo.
• The shake Nick Punto makes for Morneau before each game is a mixture of Slurpee and Mountain Dew.
• Justin served as the Marshall for the Santa Clause Parade in his hometown of Westminster in 2006.
• Justin’s father is good friends with Larry Walker, Sr., father of former MVP Larry Walker, Jr.
• Justin was selected by New Era sports to appear in a television commercial directed by Spike Lee.

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