Steve Torrealba was born in Venezuela in 1978, but like his father he played major league baseball in the United States. Given that he was in the Army reserve program while he attended the University of Albany, we might wonder whether he had to serve in Iraq. Given that he was 26 when the was started, it seems a possibility. We know that in the picture above from the Albany ROTC website, he had already achieved the rank of Captain (Lieutenant would be the first rank someone would achieve while still in College, I believe -- this being entry level rank for a commissioned officer). Maybe his service in Iraq is the reason that Cpt. Torrealba only played two seasons -- 2001 and 2002 -- for the Atlanta Braves, and there ended his career in baseball. I wonder if Cpt. Torrealba even could have been a casualty of the Iraq war -- injured or killed? But I have no idea, for all I know he went back to Venezuela.
But, wait a second -- here on the web I see Steve Torrealba played for the Cincinnati Reds in 2006. He's probably still in baseball now! Well, that was a relief.
I guess you can't trust everything you read in Wikipedia. I hope they don't sent him back to Iraq, though, that was a close call!
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