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- Updated: May 6, 2016
DETROIT — The past decade of baseball renaissance in Detroit started with Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez’s decision to sign with the Tigers in 2004, coming right after the team lost an American League-record 119 games in 2003.
Rodriguez will be honored at Comerica Park on Saturday in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of Detroit’s 2006 AL pennant. He will hold an autograph session at The D Shop at Comerica Park, beginning at 9 a.m. ET, and he’ll take part in a pregame Q&A session with fans on the concourse.
“I remember in ’04, when I signed with Detroit, my family and some friends told me, ‘Are you sure you want to go to Detroit? They lost [119] games last year, and you’re going there?'” Rodriguez said before Friday’s game between the Tigers and the Rangers, the team the catcher played most of his career with. “I really wanted to go. They didn’t know the reason I wanted to go was because they told me they’d put together a good team around me to win.
“It was a great organization with great players in the past. They offered me the chance to …
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