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'A lot of stuff happens in life': Eduardo Rodriguez clears the air with Tigers' teammates

Detroit — Nobody really expected Eduardo Rodriguez to step up to the podium Friday and bare his soul. He wasn’t likely to, nor was he obligated to, share the details of the marital strife that led him to leave the team for two-plus months.

But he did owe his teammates that. And that was the first thing he did Friday after he was reinstated off the restricted list.

"A lot of stuff happens in life," Rodriguez said. "And this is one of the things that happened to me. It could happen to anybody in the world, not just in baseball.