This
auction is for the following Manny Seoane (EXTREMELY TOUGH MLB AUTOGRAPH) signed
4x6 photograph.
BIO:
Kidnapping and Robbery that ended his career in 1982:
In
1982 a few years after leaving baseball, Lemongello and former MLB pitcher
Manuel Seoane, a former Wichita teammate, were arrested for the kidnapping and
robbery of Lemongello's cousins Mike Lemongello a former professional bowler,
and Peter Lemongello the signer. By 1989 he was living in Phoenix, Arizona,
working for Coca-Cola. Little is available about his current whereabouts.
Lemongello
was known throughout his career for his erratic, sometimes violent behavior.
Which sometimes overshadowed his on-field accomplishments. He would often
furiously slap himself in the face after a bad inning, and after bad games he
was known to destroy locker room equipment such as hair dryers and light
fixtures in fits of anger. Lemongello admitted to reporter Allen Abel: "My
head was messed up." Lemongello was signed as a free agent out of Raritan
High School in Hazlet, NJ by the Detroit Tigers a week and a half before his
18th birthday in 1973.
On
December 6th, 1975 Lemongello was traded along with Leon Roberts, Terry
Humphrey and Gene Pentz from the Tigers to the Astros for Milt May, Dave
Roberts and Jim Crawford on December 6, 1975. After spending three seasons with
Houston, where he compiled a 21–29 record, Lemongello was traded to the Toronto
Blue Jays, almost immediately getting the Toronto fanbase upset with him in
asking if Canadians "spoke American." His tenure with Toronto was
little short of disastrous, as Lemongello spent half a season with the club
going 1–9. In his final start, on June 3, he fired a baseball at manager Roy
Hartsfield when Hartsfield came to remove him from the game. Lemongello
continued making occasional relief appearances until late July, when he was
sent down to the minors after a screaming match with Hartsfield. When informed
he was being sent down to the Syracuse Chiefs, he threw an ashtray at the head
of Blue Jays general manager Peter Bavasi, barely missing him. Lemongello never
appeared in another major league game. Sold to the Chicago Cubs in 1980, his
playing career ended that same year with the Triple-A Wichita Aeros.
THIS
IS AN AUTHENTIC HAND AUTOGRAPHED MARK LEMONGELLO SIGNED 4x6 PHOTO. I ONLY SELL
AUTHENTIC HAND AUTOGRAPHED MEMORABILIA. I do not sell reprints or facsimile
autographs. When you bid on my items you will receive the real deal authentic
hand autographed items. You will receive the same signed baseball that is
pictured in the scan. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me. I
combine S&H when multiple items are purchased. I ship items internationally
the price for international S&H varies by country.