ATLANTA — Sean Rodriguez, the Atlanta Brave, looks much like he did the past two years in Pittsburgh. The main differences may be the additional streaks of gray mixed in his long black hair and beard, byproducts perhaps of a winter during which Rodriguez and his family relocated in free agency and were involved in a harrowing car crash near their Miami home.
On Jan. 28, a stolen police cruiser T-boned the Rodriguez’s SUV and burst into flames. The driver, who had stolen the car minutes earlier, was killed. Rodriguez’s wife, Giselle, and two of their four children were hospitalized.