Detroit Tigers' Ivan Rodriguez, left, celebrates with Placido

Playoff Flashback, 2006: Oakland A's vs Detroit Tigers - Bless You Boys

Tigers cut outfielder Jacque Jones - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Placido Polanco changed Tigers' fortune

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Detroit Tigers' Ivan Rodriguez, left, celebrates with Placido Polanco after they both scored on Carlos Guillen's double in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tuesday

Detroit Tigers - Congratulations to Ivan Pudge Rodriguez on his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today!

Detroit Tigers' Craig Monroe (27) is welcomed home by Chris Shelton after Shelton scored on Monroe's two-run homer off Cleveland Indians' Cliff Lee in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday

Detroit Tigers' Ivan Rodriguez, left, celebrates with Placido Polanco after they both scored on Carlos Guillen's double in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tuesday

Detroit Tigers' Magglio Ordonez, Gary Sheffield and Ivan Rodriguez (L to R) wait in the dugout before the start of a game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago on July 24

Detroit Tigers' Ivan Rodriguez, left, celebrates with Placido Polanco after they both scored on Carlos Guillen's double in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tuesday

Detroit Tigers pitcher Jamie Walker celebrates the final out and 8-3 victory over the New York Yankees during game 4 of the American League Division Series at Comerica Park in Detroit on

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Detroit Tigers Curtis Granderson, right, is welcomed by catcher Ivan Rodriguez, left, after scoring against the New York Yankees in the second inning of Game 3 of the ALDS baseball game Friday

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OUTTA HERE / Ordonez powers Tigers to sweep of A's with two-out, two-run HR