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Barry Miller had good night at AA, saw six seasons, AAA

Barry Miller had a big night for the AA Shreveport Captains in July 1994 - six RBI, three hits and one grand slam, The Shreveport Times wrote . Afterward, he tried to explain his success . "I felt extremely well," Miller told The Times . "I felt better than I've been feeling all year long. I had been waiting for a night like this to happen and it finally came." Miller had enough nights like that to take his career to six pro seasons . He topped out at AAA. Miller's career began in 1990, signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent out of Old Dominion University . Miller started with the Giants at short-season Everett . He saw 38 games and hit .265. Miller knocked in a run on a first-inning double in a July game, what turned out to be the team's only hit, The Everett Daily Herald wrote . "Everyone is still up," Miller told The Daily Herald afterward of the lack of other offense. "We were, and have been hitting the ball well . . . righ...

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