Mostly because I'm curious like a cat (I have a couple of friends who call me whiskers), I googled Tanyon Sturtze today. And found out he's still been in the major leagues. Kind of.A little bit of back story. Tanyon Sturze was one of my favorite players (again, kind of) ever. He's a Worcester, Massachusetts native, right near where I grew up. He went to my high school's so called rival and then attended Quinsigamond Community College, which is famous for being the place I always teased my Dad I'd go to college. Once in the majors he middled for a while until becoming the ace of the Devil Rays for 2 years from 2001-2002 (11-12 year one, 4-18 the second). But then he was a Yankee, and so my love for him left.
Well today I searched his name and found two tidbits.
One - That he was drafted by the Athletics in 1990 and therefore has had almost a 20 year career in professional baseball (wow).
And Two - Last year, after originally being almost cut by the Dodgers and then finally actually designated for assignment by them, came back to work as their third bullpen catcher/sort of bullpen coach.
I know he was loyal to Joe Torre and that's got to get you something, but three bullpen catchers seems a little bit excessive. However, Sturtze did have a positive effect on Jonathan Broxton in his one stint as a non active rostered Dodger. So that's something nice to tack on to that nearly 20 year long resume.
