Career
On July 15, 1999 he scored the first ever run at Safeco Field. Throughout the 1999 season, Vera"s would jack balls off the Qualcomm out of town score board in right field His teammate, Reggie Sanders, was quoted as saying "I"ve never seen a guy hit balls off the scoreboard like that.
He has a ton of power for a guy his size." He credits his work with Merv Rettemund (whipping technique) to his success.
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1989, Veras made his Major League Baseball debut with the Florida Marlins on April 25, 1995, and appeared in his final game on July 13, 2001.