Lego sets. Funko figurines. Comic books. Anything with a Batman logo stenciled on it. Rodríguez reached into his locker and produced a shiny Batarang mounted on a lacquered frame ...
He connected with DC Comics long before he took to the mound.
That makes him the most second-most outspoken nerd on the team overall, behind Hunter Hearthstone Pence, but the #1 DC Comics fan. This is important because it means he missed out on a huge event on his DC geek calendar: San Diego Comic Con.
This weekend, comic book and pop culture geeks gathered in San Diego to fawn over the latest batch of superhero entertainment at the convention center.