This auction is for the following Manny Seoane (EXTREMELY TOUGH MLB AUTOGRAPH) signed 4x6 photograph.

BIO: Manny Seoane MLB Pitcher 1977 Philadelphia Phillies and 1978 Chicago Cubs. Manny Seoane’s MLB career was cut short due to criminal activities with former MLB teammate Mark Lemongello. In 1982 Manny Seonane assisted his teammate Mark Lemongello in an armed kidnapping and robbery of Mark Lemongello’s two cousins Mike Lemongello (Professional Bowler) and Peter Lemongello (Professional Singer).  In January of 1982 Manny Seoane and Mark Lemongello physically assaulted Mike and Peter Lemongello in a fistfight prior to the kidnapping. Once they had subdued the two brothers they kidnapped them forcing them into a van and driving them to the St. Petersburg Bank. At which point Mark Lemongello forced his cousin Peter Lemongello (Professional Bowler) into a bank at gunpoint and made him withdraw $50,000 in cash from his safety deposit box. Following the robbery they left the two brothers Mark and Peter Lemongello in a remote wooded area. Manny Seoane and Mark Lemongello where later arrested in 1982 both sentenced to seven years probation after they both pleaded no contest to the charges.

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.