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- Updated: July 26, 2016
BOSTON — Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias has played for just two teams in his Major League career since being picked up by the Red Sox from Cuba. In Detroit’s 4-2 win over Boston on Monday night, his past and his present came face-to-face.
As a youngster, Iglesias was taught that he’ll only play for one team in his life. But after the Red Sox traded him to the Tigers in July 2013 — months before Boston went on to win the World Series — that lesson turned into a harsh reality.
Iglesias showed Boston how he really felt by crushing a go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth, giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead. It was the shortstop’s first home run at Fenway Park in 52 games there. Iglesias said his emotions were running high.
“This is my first organization,” Iglesias said of the Red Sox. “They brought me up as a …
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