Line drive hitter and a big vote getter.

Joe Mauer hit 28 home runs last year. That was a career high for him. He has three dingers this year. He might not hit 28 home runs during the next four years combined. But still, he somehow leads the voting to participate in the home run hitting contest at the all-star game.

The MLB site says Ichiro could also end up in the derby. It might be more appropriate to have a "break the glass" competition between the two of them - just set up some windows or something between third and short and let them hit line drives at it...neither of them should be in any home run hitting contest.