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- Updated: August 9, 2016
SEATTLE — Tigers left-hander Matt Boyd has been in the Major Leagues for the better part of the last two seasons, but Monday marked his first trip as a professional player to his favorite stadium.
Boyd was born in nearby Bellevue, Wash., and grew up on Mercer Island, which is about a five-minute drive down Interstate 90 from the Safeco Field players’ parking lot. He pitched at Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish, where he appeared in one game at Safeco. And he closed out a college game at Safeco as a sophomore for Oregon State, beating the University of Washington.
But Boyd, who’s looking for an offseason home in the area, said his experiences at the ballpark go back many years, even before he was a player. He said his father, Kurt, surprised …
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