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Sunday, June 25, 2023

1990 Durham Bulls, high-A Braves: Baseball Profiles

Marcos Vasquez 1990 Durham Bulls card, Vasquez posed up close

Features on each member of the 1990 Durham Bulls, high-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves as included in that year's team set. 

Durham Bulls (41)

  1. Dave Brust saw 3 pro seasons from tryout camp, later coached
  2. Rod Byerly worked over 3 pro seasons
  3. Donovan Campbell knew value of work, saw four pro seasons
  4. Kevin Castleberry saw decade as pro, made AAA, Taiwan
  5. Brian Champion used ability to play 6 seasons, made AA
  6. Popeye Cole used speed in 10 seasons
  7. Johnny Cuevas hit AA home run, saw 10 seasons, made AAA
  8. Brian Cummings pitched well at Durham, saw 4 seasons
  9. Steve Curry threw everything into decade-long career
  10. Chris Czarnik got high-A no-hitter, saw 3 pro seasons
  11. Brian Deak worked to beat other catchers to Atlanta; Played decade in minors, missed bigs, 6/6/23
  12. Todd Dewey looked at new organization as new shot at bigs; Saw six seasons, made AAA, 4/22/23
  13. Scott Diez paid dues, missed majors
  14. Durham Bulls' famous snorting bull
  15. Ino Guerrero drew easy comparisons to movie character, later threw in ML home run derby, 4/2/23
  16. Kevin Harmon spent more than three decades as a trainer in minors - then in the majors, 4/1/23
  17. Ken Harring played two seasons, then went into sales; Returned to game for long career as college coach, 6/10/23
  18. Larry Jaster made bigs, coached, had success against Dodgers
  19. Lee Johnson played 6 sesaons, made AA
  20. Dave Karasinski had good poise in high school; Saw five pro seasons, made high-A, 6/3/23
  21. Ryan Klesko delivered in 16 ML seasons
  22. Grady Little's managerial decisions led him to the majors; One later led him to be blamed for playoff failure, 6/24/23
  23. Rich Longuil worked to stay in front of hitters over five pro seasons; Made high-A, 5/29/23
  24. Phil Maldonado looked fastball at Durham; Saw five seasons, twice briefly made AAA, 5/11/23
  25. Eddie Mathews played basketball in college, not baseball; But he threw hard, like 90 mph hard, 4/9/23
  26. Nate Minchey saw time in four ML seasons, then seven successful campaigns in Japan, 5/7/23
  27. Keith Mitchell made 4 bigs seasons, later saw Korea, coached
  28. Mike Mordecai did his job when called upon; Saw bigs over 12 seasons, Bartman game, 5/10/23
  29. David Nied hoped for quality starts with Rockies, did briefly, then injuries came; Saw bigs over five seasons, 6/17/23
  30. Rodney Richey proved a bulldog on the mound, made high-A; Later turned fighter, in court, 6/19/23
  31. Ben Rivera did best over 3 ML seasons
  32. Josman Robles got thrown at in 1990 game, then hit home run; Saw three seasons, made high-A, 4/24/23
  33. Chad Smith turned pro after high school no-hitter; Saw five seasons, made high-A, 5/21/23
  34. Dan Snover played, then turned teacher
  35. Ryan Thompson loved baseball, got to serve as Durham Bulls bat boy, 3/31/23
  36. Pat Tilmon continued playing for his love of game; Saw 11 seasons, briefly made AAA, coached, 4/23/23
  37. Theron Todd worked to improve hitting over seven pro seasons; Made AA, later coached, 4/21/23
  38. Marcos Vasquez did his job over 11 pro seasons; Saw AAA, Taiwan, but missed bigs, 3/29/23
  39. Skipper Wright saw his biggest attribute as consistency; Played over four seasons, made high-A, 4/26/23

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