Cleveland — These are the types of emotional episodes Victor Martinez has been trying to avoid as his 16-year career winds down.
The Cleveland Indians, the organization that signed him as a teenager out of Venezuela and brought him to the big leagues in 2002, honored his career, especially the eight seasons he spent with the Indians, in a pregame ceremony Saturday. And it moved him, literally, to tears
“It definitely means a lot,” Martinez said before the game. “We had some good years here and I played with some good teammates — C.C. (Sabathia), Cliff Lee, Travis Hafner, so many.