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Alex Rodriguez returned to Seattle on Saturday not knowing what kind of reception awaited him. He got a standing ovation instead. The former Mariners superstar was honored as part of the franchise’s Top 50 Greatest Players celebration during the team’s 50th anniversary weekend at T-Mobile Park, marking his first appearance at the ballpark since his playing days ended there.
The moment carried real weight given the history between Rodriguez and the fanbase, who had booed him relentlessly for 26 years after he left Seattle for a record 10-year, $252 million deal with the division-rival Texas Rangers following the 2000 season.
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Rodriguez had braced himself for a mixed reaction heading into the weekend.
“I’m not sure if there will be cheers, well, I guess there will be cheers because my family will be with me,” Rodriguez said on Seattle’s Brock and Salk radio show ahead of the ceremony. “They’ll have to be cheering loud to mute out the other 45,000 booing out of their mind.”
The crowd proved him wrong. Rodriguez received a warm ovation alongside franchise legends like Ken Griffey Jr. , Ichiro Suzuki, Felix Hernandez, and Randy Johnson, all of whom returned for the pregame celebration. Mariners chairman John Stanton personally called Rodriguez to invite him to the festivities, and Rodriguez described the moment as coming full circle after a career that began in Seattle when he was just a teenager.
Rodriguez has spent recent years reflecting more openly on the mistakes of his career, including his departure from the Mariners and his later PED suspension, and he called the franchise his “first love” ahead of Saturday’s ceremony. He credited Griffey, Johnson, Joey Cora, and Lou Piniella with shaping him into a professional during his formative years with the organization.
The celebration capped a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays honoring the Mariners’ 50th season since joining the American League in 1977, though the on-field product has not matched the festive mood. Seattle dropped both of the first two games of the series, falling 2-1 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday, extending a frustrating stretch for a Mariners offense that has struggled to generate consistent runs even amid the celebratory backdrop.
For a fanbase that once treated Rodriguez as one of the most reviled figures in franchise history, complete with fake dollar bills thrown onto the field during his early returns as a visiting player, Saturday’s reception marked a genuine turning point in one of baseball’s longest-running grudges .
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