Pudge’s ‘dream’ recognized in Cooperstown

He was steady, reliable, brilliant and everlasting. It’s only fitting that Ivan Rodriguez would also become a baseball immortal, and that’s what happened Sunday. Rodriguez, the legendary catcher with the cannon arm and the lightning-quick feet, was officially welcomed to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on a beautiful afternoon in Cooperstown, N.Y., and he checked as many boxes in his speech as he did on the field.