Giants call up Dereck Rodriguez, son of Hall of Fame catcher
DENVER — Just to make sure it was real and not some sort of flashback to his childhood, he checked the name above the clubhouse locker.
Dereck Rodriguez .
Yep, it was his all right and not that of his father — Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez.
“I’ve been to a lot of stadiums. But I wasn’t here for me. I was here for my dad,” the right-hander said. “It’s nice coming here and having my name on the locker and not his.”