
"Whoa," Cepicky told The Herald-Tribune. "This league is a lot tougher than the Midwest League. I'm heading for more strikeouts than last year, about 20 or so at this pace.
"There's still 200 at-bats left, too," Cepicky added to The Herald-Tribune. "Let's wait and see."
Cepicky did end up with more strikeouts that year with the White Sox at Sarasota, 27 more. Still, he won FSL Player of the Year honors and his own 1992 Bowman card.
But, for Cepicky, it would only get tougher. He hit AA Birmingham in 1992, striking out 140 times, hitting just .247. He only played two more seasons, hitting AAA briefly in 1993. But he never hit the majors.
Cepicky's Bowman card was among the latest batch of cards I picked up recently in Vermont. It's one of those classic Bowman cards where the player is in street clothes, this time a T-shirt and jeans. At least Cepicky was photographed in a baseball setting.
Cepicky was in the minors in 1990, but he didn't make the main CMC set. He played that year at single-A South Bend. Four other players in this stretch of Vermont cards did make the CMC set. One of them was a star of the set.

McDonald, of course, came out of college with high expectations. And, by 1994, had been expected to be well in to a successful career. He did, though, play a respectable nine seasons.
The high comparisons continued on his 1994 Topps card. The card back notes that in 1993, McDonald went 14 consecutive starts without allowing more than three runs. Jim Palmer did the same thing in 1972, Topps noted.

Campbell appeared in the CMC set with the White Sox' AAA club at Vancouver. He has yet to be featured here. His major league career consisted of time in six seasons. He went 12-19.
His 1988 Topps card back notes he attended the University of Hawaii, becoming his team's MVP his final two seasons. He was also signed by scout Bob Zuk.

He appeared in the CMC set back with AAA Scranton. He ended up getting into four big league seasons, all with Philadelphia. His last came in 1992. Topps notes he was signed by scout Jay Robertson.

Sanford was featured here in May 2010. His CMC card is one of the more glaring errors in the set, his photo is on another player's card. He played parts of three big league seasons.

Cancel's career lasted only four seasons, his last with single-A Peoria. In a quick search of Victor Cancel and the name listed at Baseball Reference, Danny Cancel, there is little available on his career other than his stats.
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 5, 1991: White Sox' Cepicky Proving Himself a Class A Hitter, Part 2
659 - Mo Sanford, Real Tough, 5/27/10
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