Hall-of-Famer Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez on How the Business of Baseball Has Changed Now a $6-billion industry, America's pastime is bigger than ever.

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Newly inducted Baseball Hall-of-Famer and former special assistant to the general manager of the Texas Rangers, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, sat down with Tiki Barber, former NFL player and co-founder of Thuzio, to talk about the changing and challenging business of baseball, as he seen it evolve during his illustrious career.

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