The Detroit News
Ryan Lavarnway, 34, Yale educated, is entering his 15th season of professional baseball. He will be starting the season with the Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate in Toledo. The Tigers are his 13th organization. He has put the ‘journey’ into journeyman and the question he gets asked over and over is, why? Here is his answer:
As spring training comes to a close and I head to Toledo to play my 15th summer of professional baseball, I am grateful to the Tigers’ Organization for giving me another chance.