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Thursday, September 23, 2021

1990 Lakeland Tigers player profiles, Detroit affiliate

Lino Rivera 1990 Lakeland Tigers card

Features on each member of the 1990 Lakeland Tigers, high-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, as included in that year's team set. 

Interview

    1. Hector Berrios, Tried It, 2/13/17

    Lakeland Tigers (28)

    1. Eric Albright worked to play every day over four pro seasons
    2. Doyle Balthazar played 9 seasons as catcher, helped pitchers
    3. Hector Berrios took advice as player, gave it later as coach
    4. Doug Carpenter worked hard, made AA, later as coach, scout
    5. Mark Cole caught new pro chance at Reno, played six seasons
    6. Ron Cook got his pro chance, played five seasons, made AA
    7. Ivan Cruz remained realistic, saw four ML seasons, Japan
    8. John Doherty just wanted to play baseball; Played it in the bigs over five seasons, 9/4/21
    9. John DeSilva showed he could pitch in the bigs; Did so over two seasons, six games, 9/21/21
    10. Mark Ettles proved aggressive enough to make bigs; Made it out of native Australia, 9/3/21
    11. Ed Ferm tested his arm at Lakeland; Played four pro seasons, made high-A, 9/7/21
    12. Greg Gohr got his chance at the bigs, saw majors over four seasons, 9/14/21
    13. Jeff Goodale worked hard, got drafted out of high school; Waited for college, saw three pro seasons, made high-A, 8/27/21
    14. Darren Hursey pitched into tired arm, worked on rhythm; Saw six pro seasons, made AA, 8/22/21
    15. Jody Hurst first passed on pros, then slept on it, signed; Saw five seasons, made AAA, 8/20/21
    16. Keith Kimberlin played five seasons, made AAA; Believed injury helped restore game's fun, 9/5/21
    17. Kurt Knudsen expressed confidence in high school, went on to see bigs over three seasons, 8/21/21
    18. Todd Krumm played both football and baseball in college; He made the NFL, but missed the majors, 9/6/21
    19. Johnny Lipon felt good and enjoyed the game over five decades as player, then manager, 8/29/21
    20. Ron Marigny did his job as a player over six seasons, made AA; Has done it since as a scout, 8/14/21
    21. Darryl Martin turned pro out of high school, called himself really happy; Saw six pro seasons, made high-A, 8/16/21
    22. Dan Raley relaxed in college, played as pro over three seasons; Later turned coach, 8/30/21
    23. Bob Reimink credited a local baseball man with his pro career; Saw five seasons, made AAA, 9/19/21
    24. Lino Rivera has been a person in baseball for more than three decades; First as player, then as manager, 9/11/21
    25. Terry Smith served as a AA All-Star trainer, as trainer in Tigers and Red Sox systems, 8/25/21
    26. Tookie Spann used his baseball skills to see six pro seasons, made AA, 9/10/21
    27. Mickey Tresh followed family into pros, but couldn't follow to bigs; Wasn't disappointed, 8/15/21
    28. Marty Willis set his sights on pro baseball; Got there, saw five seasons, made AA, 8/21/21

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