Rod Tafoya is currently an Indy Ball player at 57 years old. He has a lifetime ERA of 7.68 according to his profile on Baseball Reference. He was signed in April 2014 by the Alpine Cowboys and coach Ryan Stevens to participate in the independent Pecos League. On June 25, 2014-Rod was activated by the Cowboys and pitched one out in a lefty-lefty situation against the Santa Fe Fuego in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Cowboy's 6–3 loss to the Fuego. He pitched against the Pecos League's second best hitter, All Star Nick Billinger, who was batting .461. Tafoya retired Billinger with an outside slider that was hit to the first baseman for an out. He has since then been signed for the 2015 season... Early life Tafoya graduated from St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where as a senior he posted a 2–5 record with a 0.89 ERA. He was voted by district coaches to the All-District 2-AAA Team as both a right fielder and pitcher. Later that year he signed a letter of intent to play collegiately in the NAIA with the New Mexico Highland Cowboys. He pitched for the Cowboys immediately as a freshman, joining the starting rotation during the playoffs against Mesa State. He stayed ay NMHA from 1982 to 1985. In 1985, Rod transferred to NAIA powerhouse Newman University, where he met Newman coach Paul Sanagorski, who was the pitching coach for the Jayhawk Summer League's Wichita Broncos. The Broncos reached the NBC (National Baseball Congress) World Series that summer. At Newman, Rod achieved an NAIA All-District 7 mention while posting a 6–2 record and 86 strikeouts (a then school record). He also received his college degree in business management. Professional career In 1986, Rod signed his first professional baseball contract for the Puerto Vallarta Dolphins of the Mexican Winter League's AA. He won 10 games as the team's no 1 starter, making the league's All-Star Team. In 1987, he pitched for the AA Mexican Tabasquena League's Comalcalco Cocaoteros after posting a 5–5 record. He was optioned to the Mexican League's AAA Aguascalientes Rieleros in June 1987 at the age of 23. In 1989, Rod finally signed with an American minor league team. The Boise Hawk's manager Mal Fichman invited Tafoya to an “invite only” tryout camp in Ontario, California, where Tafoya was one of three players signed by