Actually it's not surprising if you know a little about Pudge. He is the president of the "Kiss Army" and spends the majority of his time in Detroit, home of the Kiss Army headquarters.
I guarantee you that if you go to a Tigers game this year, you should see one or more members of Kiss sitting behind the dugout.
In a pre-season game Pudge once wore "Gene Simmons" makeup behind the plate.
Another thing to look for, whenever Pudge steps into the batters box he does the official Kiss Army salute (a reverse cross on his chest).
When Pudge played for the Rangers him and Juan Gonzalez got into a huge fight because Gonzalez didn't want to listen to Kiss music in the club-house. Needless to say, Pudge won that dispute and Gonzalez was shipped off to Cleveland or some other place.