Rodriguez, who had been starting for the Houston Astros, was acquired in a trade that for Matt Nevarez, a minor league pitching prospect. With the Astros, Rodriguez was hitting .251 with eight homers, 34 RBIs and 41 runs.

The Rangers became interested in Rodriguez after losing starting catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia to injury. For the time being, Rodriguez will be the backup for Taylor Teagarden.

Rodriguez played for the Rangers from 1991 to 2002. During that time, he blossomed from a young prospect to a legit superstar. In fact, Rodriguez is not only a Hall of Famer, he is regarded by many scouts as one of the best catchers in the history of the game.

Pudge Rodriguez is back with the Texas Rangers (Image: Zuma Press)

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Pudge Rodriguez Back with the Rangers

For the last three baseball seasons, fans of the Detroit Tigers have become spoiled. We have witnessed the franchise turn into one of the most competitive in the MLB.

We expect the team to be very good. World Series contending good. Period.

This summer of baseball has been too wild for my liking, as the Motor City Kitties have been unpredictable and downright, well, unpredictable.

It has a lot of fans worried and quite frankly, many “fans” are jumping off the bandwagon.

But any honest Tigers fan will tell you they aren’t out of it yet.

7 games back in mid July—bring it on.

We lost 119 games three seasons prior to the 06 World Series run.

Turnarounds happen.

Unpredictable off the field as well, sort of.

During the summer I stay active by playing basketball and running.

A lot.

Maybe a couple of marathons are in my future, who knows.

I know long distance running can be quite uncomfortable, but hopefully not like this.

Now Dean here is a certified nut. I can’t wrap my mind around running 262 miles straight.

Sleep running?

I’ve officially heard it all now.

Have a helluva summer!

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You can’t go wrong in the Summer