Twins catcher Joe Mauer met with reporters on Friday in hopes of alleviating some worries, dismissing some rumors and ensuring the fans that he will be ready to go next season. "I'm healthy, I'm happy," Mauer said. "I can rule out crazy things I've heard like Lyme disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus. I think we've heard it all. I don't have any of those things." The rampant speculation swirled all season long, both inside and outside the Minnesota clubhouse. Mauer played in only 82 games, missing most of the first two months of the season with a condition the team initially called "bilateral leg weakness." He also missed time because of a viral infection and an upper respiratory infection that turned into pneumonia and ended his season in mid-September.