Detroit
– There is a pair of baseball spikes in Francisco Rodriguez’s locker with the number 400 stenciled on the back of each shoe.
Mike Pelfrey and Shane Greene were jokingly trying to get Rodriguez to wear them in his next outing. They were after him, once he recorded the final out, to take them off on the mound and light them on fire.
Rodriguez just shook his head. He didn’t want to talk about it before he accomplishes it – and he’s certainly not going to wear the commemorative cleats – but his next save will be No.