Barry Paul Manuel (born August 12, 1965) is a former

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. He played all or part of five seasons in

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between 1991 and 1998, and one season in

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in 1999. In high school Manuel made the all-state team in 1984 and went on to play for

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from 1984-87. In 1986 he was voted on the College Baseball All-American team. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the second round of the

1987 Major League Baseball draft The Major League Baseball Draft is the process by which Major League Baseball (MLB) teams select athletes to play for their organization. High school seniors, college juniors and seniors, and anyone who had never played under a professional cont ...

. Manuel was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 6, 1991, with the Texas Rangers. After his major league career, Manuel played one game for the

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in Japan in 1999. Up in till the 2016-2017 school year Barry served as the head baseball coach and the gameday football coordinator for Westminster Christian Academy in

Opelousas, Louisiana :''Opelousas is also a common name of the flathead catfish.'' Opelousas (french: Les Opélousas; Spanish: ''Los Opeluzás'') is a small city and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. Interstate 49 and U.S. Route 190 were ...

. Barry currently serves as the head baseball coach for St Edmund Catholic School in

Eunice, Louisiana Eunice is a city in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, Acadia and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, St. Landry parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The 2010 United States Census, 2010 census placed the population at 10,398, a decrease of 1,101, or 9.5 per ...

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