Cabrera signs minor league contract
Posted: Friday July 03, 1998 09:24 AM
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Cabrera had 89 hits in his five-year major league career, but will be most remembered for his two-run single in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS (Stephen Dunn/Allsport) |
COLONIE, New York (AP) -- Six years after his memorable hit allowed the
Atlanta Braves to
win the National League pennant, Francisco Cabrera has signed a contract
with the independent minor league Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs.
The team announced the signing late Thursday night, and Cabrera will be
added to the roster next week. Diamond Dogs general manager Charlie Voelker
said Cabrera, 31, contacted the club about 10 days ago. "He's
really excited about coming here," Voelker said in Friday's Daily
Gazette of Schenectady. Cabrera spent parts of five seasons
in the majors with the Braves and Toronto Blue Jays,
and had a career .254 batting average. He is probably best known for his
two-run, two-out, bases-loaded single that gave Atlanta a 3-2 win over the
Pittsburgh Pirates
in Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series.
Atlanta went on to lose the World Series that year to the Blue Jays in six
games. Cabrera left the Braves in 1993 and since then has played
in Japan and Mexico. He played in Taiwan last year.
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