Félix Rodríguez (baseball)
Dominican Republic baseball player
Félix Antonio Rodríguez (born September 9, 1972) is a Dominican former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
Major league career (1996–2006)
Rodríguez was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1989 as a free agent, originally as a catcher. He batted .291 as a catcher, but his arm was so impressive that the organization moved him to the mound in 1993. During the northern hemisphere winter, the Dodgers sent Rodríguez to play for their Australian affiliate the Adelaide Giants in the Australian Baseball League in 1993 as part of his pitching development.
He began his major league career in 1995 with the Dodgers, was on waivers throughout 1996, was picked up by the Cincinnati Reds, where he played in 1997. In 1998, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, then with the San Francisco Giants from 1999-2004. He started 2004 with the Giants before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. It was with the Giants that Rodriguez had several crucial postseason failures. In Game 2 of the 2000 NLDS, he allowed a two-run homer to Edgardo Alfonzo of the New York Mets in the 9th inning and later an RBI single in the 10th inning that won the game for the Mets.
In Game Two of the 2002 World Series, Rodriguez gave up a two-run home run to Tim Salmon of the Angels in the eighth inning that proved to be the deciding blow.
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