what team does pudge rodriguez play for?
Texas Rangers
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 Following the 2009 season , Rodríguez filed for free agency , declining the Rangers ' offer of salary arbitration . On December 11 , 2009 , Rodríguez signed a 2 @-@ year , $ 6 million contract with the Washington Nationals . 

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 Iván Rodríguez Torres ( born November 27 , 1971 ) , nicknamed " Pudge " or " I @-@ Rod " is a retired Major League Baseball catcher . In his career , he played for the Texas Rangers ( on two different tours , comprising the majority of his career ) , Florida Marlins , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , Houston Astros and Washington Nationals . 

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 Carlos Joaquín Ruiz ( born January 22 , 1979 ) is a Panamanian professional baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . His nicknames include Chooch , Bad Dude and Señor Octubre . He grew up in David , Chiriquí , Panama , and resolved to play Major League Baseball after his father and grandmother both died within two weeks of each other when he was seven years old . He made his way through the Phillies ' farm system from 1998 until 2006 , playing at each level of Minor League Baseball , until finally making his debut with the Phillies in 2006 , fulfilling his childhood dream . He battled adversity in his progression through the system , including feeling homesick , a position change and the language barrier ( he spoke Spanish , while most teammates and team officials spoke English ) . 

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 Pujols played baseball at Fort Osage High School in Independence and was named an All @-@ State athlete twice . As a senior , he was walked 55 times in protest because opposing coaches believed he was older than 18 , but he still hit eight home runs in 33 at bats . One of his home runs travelled 450 feet . After graduating from high school a semester early in December 1998 , he was given a baseball scholarship to Maple Woods Community College . Pujols hit a grand slam and turned an unassisted triple play in the first game of his only college season . Playing shortstop , he batted .461 with 22 home runs as a freshman before deciding to enter the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) draft . 

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 Rodríguez has three children : Iván Derrek ( b . 06 @-@ 05 @-@ 1992 ) , who was picked in the 6th round of the 2011 MLB draft by the Minnesota Twins , Amanda Christine ( b . 06 @-@ 21 @-@ 1995 ) and Ivanna Sofia ( b . 01 @-@ 12 @-@ 2000 ) . The family divided their time between Colleyville , Texas , Miami , Florida and Puerto Rico . In 1993 , Rodríguez and his wife founded the Ivan " Pudge " Rodríguez Foundation , whose purpose is to help families in Puerto Rico , Dallas and Fort Worth , Texas . Rodríguez has also stated that the Make @-@ a @-@ Wish Foundation is one of his charities of choice . Their fifteen @-@ year marriage ended in 2006 . Rodríguez remarried in 2007 . Rodríguez 's appreciation of recording artist Yanni was pointed out during the 2003 World Series and the 2004 All @-@ Star Game by Fox Sports . 
