the Hawks. He was the team's no. 5 starter posting a 3–4 record with 44 strikeouts in 47 innings and a 3.26 ERA. After an arm injury in the Mexican League's AA Winter League in 1989, Tafoya signed with the Class-A New York-Penn League's Erie Sailors as their no. 5 starter. The arm injury flared up again and Tafoya was released in July 1990. In 1991 Rod played in amateur baseball wherever he could find a team. He was introduced to the Men's Senior Baseball League in 1994 at the age of 29 while living in Oregon. In his first three years in the league he won 37 games while losing only three. In 1997, Rod returned to minor league baseball at 33 years old, signing with the Prairie League's Regina Cyclones. He led the team in wins with six. Return to Mexico In 2005, Rod returned to Mexico pitching in the Zona 5A League in Chihuahua, Mexico. He went 5–0 with a 0.96 ERA for Mar y Sol, including a championship start over Villahermosa to win the Zona 5A championship, Casas Grandes first since 1977. This prompted another AA Mexican League promotion to pitch for the Astros de Piedras Negras of the Liga Instuccional de Coahuila. He went 3-0 for Piedras Negras as a 41-year-old veteran. In 2012, Rod resurfaced in professional baseball, pitching for the Santa Fe Fuego of the Independent Pecos League. He was chosen to be the team's no.1 starter, pitching game one in front of a packed house at his home town of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was credited with a no-decision in his team's 16–8 victory over Trinidad. Also in 2012, Rod wrote his autobiography entitled Ageless Arm… My Passion Lives in the Core, published by Speaking Volumes. He was signed by the Taos Blizzard of the Pecos League the following year and posted an 0–1 record with 12 innings pitched, one walk, 12 strikeouts, and a 2.25 ERA as a 49-year-old professional. 300th win From 1994 to 2014 while in both the 25-and-over MSBL and the 18-and-over MABL (Men's Adult Baseball League) Rod recorded a record of 301–60. His 300th victory came on May 4, 2014 at the age of 49. He pitched a 139-pitch complete game over the Albuquerque Colt 45's-as his Albuquerque Yankees won 13–4. In this historic game, Rod recorded 13 strikeouts. The “300-Game” story went viral through an