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18 Facts About Gregg Zaun

1.

Gregory Owen Gregg Zaun is an American baseball analyst, public speaker and a former professional baseball catcher.

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2.

Gregg Zaun played for nine teams over 16 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1995 until 2010, winning a World Series Championship in 1997.

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3.

Gregg Zaun, the nephew of former MLB catcher Rick Dempsey, was a high school teammate of Mark Loretta.

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4.

Gregg Zaun was recruited to play college baseball at USC, UCLA, Loyola Marymount and Oklahoma, but signed a letter of intent to play for Texas.

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5.

Gregg Zaun played for the United States national baseball team at the 1989 World Junior Baseball Championship in Canada.

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Gregg Zaun then moved to the Texas Rangers prior to the 1999 season.

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Gregg Zaun has played with the Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, and Colorado Rockies.

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8.

Gregg Zaun signed as a free agent with the Blue Jays prior to the 2004 season.

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9.

Gregg Zaun started 2006 on the disabled list, with Jason Phillips serving as Molina's backup during the first week of the year.

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10.

Gregg Zaun was only the fourth Blue Jay in history to do this.

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11.

Blue Jays actively pursued Rod Barajas of the Texas Rangers as the club's new starting catcher during the 2006 offseason, it was assumed that Gregg Zaun would be exploring free agency as signing Barajas would mean Gregg Zaun would be maintained as a backup.

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12.

The signing came after Gregg Zaun was rumored to have been courted by the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, both in backup roles.

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13.

In 2007, Gregg Zaun was included in the Mitchell Report following a 20-month investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs by former Senator George Mitchell.

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14.

Gregg Zaun vehemently denied taking performance-enhancing drugs, stating that he owed Grimsley $500 and that Grimsley re-wrote the cheque to purchase drugs for himself.

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15.

Gregg Zaun started his broadcasting career after the Blue Jays closed out their 2006 season.

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16.

Gregg Zaun served as a part-time analyst on Sportsnet Radio Fan 590 and the Blue Jays Radio Network.

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17.

Gregg Zaun keeps a low profile, doing podcasts and blogs and conducting youth-baseball clinics in the area.

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18.

Gregg Zaun is training as a boxer and has participated in one charity boxing match.

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