It’s going to be a goosebump kind of year for former Texas Rangers great Pudge Rodriguez.
He got them again recently while touring the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He’s the first of the 2017 class of three to get the ritualistic visit and tour ahead of his induction on July 30.
He was shown where his Hall of Fame plaque will sit for all eternity.
“I saw the spot,” said Rodriguez, who was visiting spring training for a day, throwing out the first pitch of Sunday’s Rangers-Cubs game, before flying off to California and then Mexico for more engagements of his whirlwind year.