• 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.
• Justin socked three homers in a game against the Chicago White Sox in 2007.
• The longest major league home run Justin has hit was a 460-foot shot off of Milwaukee reliever Mike DeJean.
• In 2008, Justin won the Conacher Award as the top Canadian athlete. Larry Walker and Fergie Jenkins are the only other ballplayers to win the award. Justin also won his second Silver Slugger Award.
• In 2006, Justin lived with teammate Joe Mauer in a St. Paul condo.
• Justin was the first Canadian to win the Home Run Derby.
• 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 wore 33 in honor of former NHL goalie Patrick Roy.
• 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.
• In 2007, Justin was the cover boy for the video game The Bigs.
• Justin and his wife Krista were married in January of 2009. They have two children, Evelyn and Marty.

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