Washington's Opening Day starting catcher embraced new role and battled injuries in '11, but maintained stature as one of MLB's best defenders behind the plate.gunned down 50% (12 of 24) of would-be basestealers.ended season 156 hits shy of the 3000-hit mark.missed significant action (47 games) in July and August with right oblique injury.on Opening Day, March 31 vs. 27, at completion of Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA, hosted Puerto Rican Little League champs from Manati, PR to Nationals Park.Manati is located less than 10 miles from hometown of Vega Baja. Ivan (Torres) Rodriguez.nicknames include Pudge and I-Rod.attended Lino Padron Rivera High School in Vega Baja (PR).started the Ivan Rodriguez Foundation in 1993 to assist children with cancer and other diseases, both in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and his native Puerto Rico.donated $500,000 to the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation after signing a 5-year contract in July of '97.a portion of that amount was used to construct the Ivan Rodriguez Youth Ballpark in north Fort Worth in 1998.donated $25,000 to assist victims of Hurricane George in Puerto Rico in 1998 and $20,000 to the victims of the World Trade Center attacks in '01.selected the TEX recipient of the True Value/Roberto Clemente Man of the Year Award in both 19.received the TEX Jim Sundberg Community Achievement Award in 2001.the Ivan Rodriguez Foundation donated $25,000 to the Children's Hospital of Michigan for the "Rodriguez Fund for Families" in 2005.in addition the foundation donated $48,000 to benefit 4 families that were relocated to Michigan following Hurricane Katrina.has a baseball school and sports complex in the planning stages to be built in Bayamon (PR).on Aug.
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