Orioles pitcher Grayson Rodriguez has small town roots His friends and family prove that

ARLINGTON, Texas — Grayson Rodriguez is not from Houston. His mother, Temple, gets frustrated when she sees it written that her son is a Houston native. “Please tell them,” she pleaded. “He is not from Houston. He was just born there because I was high risk. He’s from Nacogdoches.” To some, the distinction might not seem important. Houston, about 140 miles south, is the closest major city in Texas to Nacogdoches. But the significance of noting that Rodriguez, the Orioles’ top pitching prospect, isn’t from Houston — population 2.28 million — and is instead from Nacogdoches — population 32,118 —…