city honored him by renaming Moody Park Diamond #5 to Justin Morneau Field. Morneau Field is located just from a field named for one of Morneau's idols, Larry Walker Field, located in the nearby city of Maple Ridge. Morneau is superstitious. For much of his career, he wore number 33 to honor his idol, former NHL goaltender Patrick Roy. As a young hockey player, he would refuse to leave the car for hockey games until the clock read :33 minutes past the hour. (He actually appears as an Easter egg in the NHL video game, NHL 2K8, playing his junior position of goaltender.) Morneau had a superstitious routine on game days in Minnesota. Before each home game, Morneau stopped by the same Jimmy John's on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, and ordered the same sandwich from the menu — a Turkey Tom with no sprouts. Later, he drank a slurpee from a slurpee machine in the Twins' clubhouse made of one-half Mountain Dew, one-half red or orange flavor. The Justin Morneau Foundation was established by Morneau himself and his wife, Krista, to support underprivileged communities with an emphasis on those where the Morneaus have lived. Over a span of four years, (2008–2011) Morneau mailed more than 200 personalized holiday gifts to Twins employees, including the Target Field grounds crew. See also List of Major League Baseball players from Canada List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders References External links 1981 births Living people American League All-Stars American League Most Valuable Player Award winners Baseball people from British Columbia Birmingham Barons players Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Chicago White Sox players Charlotte Knights players Colorado Rockies players Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Elizabethton Twins players Gulf Coast Twins players Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball players from Canada Minnesota Twins players National League batting champions New Britain Rock Cats players People from New Westminster Pittsburgh Pirates players Quad Cities River Bandits players Rochester Red Wings players Silver Slugger Award winners World Baseball Classic players of Canada 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2009 World Baseball Classic players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2017 World Baseball Classic players Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees