Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Coming out of the Dominican Republic in 1990, Quilvio Veras later recalled his father didn't want him to go. His father wanted him to go into accounting . But his dad eventually came around, he told The Miami Herald ahead of his major league debut in 1995. "My dad thought I had bought a lottery ticket, had traded away everything for nothing," Veras told The Herald then. "Now, though, he tells me how proud he is, and I can see it even when he doesn't say it." Veras eventually would see the majors over seven campaigns , with three organizations, the Marlins, Padres and Braves. Veras' career began in 1990, signed by the Mets as a free agent out of his native Dominican Republic . Veras started with the Mets in the rookie Gulf Coast League and at rookie Kingsport . He hit .339 in 54 games between them. He made single-A Columbia in 1992, AA Binghamton in 1993 and AAA Norfolk in 1994. For 1995, the Mets traded Veras to the Marlins for Carl Everett. Veras m...