CHICAGO — Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez walked out of his hotel and onto the city streets Thursday morning.
He was quickly spotted and had to turn around.
There isn't a place where Báez, referred to as "Javy" and "El Mago" by his fans, is recognized more than in Chicago, the city where he spent the first eight seasons of his MLB career with the Cubs.
"It felt great for my family," Báez said Thursday, standing in the visitor's clubhouse at Guaranteed Rate Field, about 10 miles south of the Cubs' Wrigley Field.