Frank Anthony Eufemia (born December 23, 1959) is a former

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who played in 39 games for the

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in the season. He was drafted by the Twins in the 18th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft. His 1985 season was his only one in the majors; he returned to the minor leagues with the

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, the Twins’ Triple-A affiliate, for 1986 and was out of baseball the next season. In 1992, Eufemia returned to organized baseball in the

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’ minor league system, pitching for the

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. He once again left baseball following the season and never pitched in a major league team’s system again, although in 1995 he was one of many considered as

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s during the ongoing strike. Eufemia made one last comeback in 1998, where at the age of 38 he joined the

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of the independent

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for their inaugural season. Pitching exclusively as a starter for the first and only time in his baseball career, Eufemia started eleven games for the Jackals and went 5-1 for the eventual league champions. Eufemia grew up in

Bergenfield, New Jersey Bergenfield is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 28,321, an increase of 1,557 from the 2010 United States ce ...

and attended

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. Eufemia currently teaches physical education at

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, in Montvale, New Jersey.http://www.northjersey.com/sports/hs_sports/boys_baseball/59809887.html

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