DETROIT -- Stepping out of the shower after a game, a 9-year-old Jim Adduci asked his dad a question that crosses the mind of almost every young ballplayer.
"Hey, Dad," Adduci said. "Do you think I could be a Major League Baseball player?"
Adduci's father, also named Jim, knew what it took to make the Majors as an 11-year pro who spent parts of four seasons with the Cardinals, Brewers and Phillies. And more than two decades later, the younger Adduci is a right fielder with the Tigers in his third MLB season as part of a 14-year professional career aided by the knowledge of his father's path through the ranks.