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Anthony Russell Seratelli (born February 27, 1983) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He has played professionally in independent baseball, Minor League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets organization's and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions. Prior to his professional career, Seratelli attended Seton Hall University, and played college baseball for the Seton Hall Pirates.
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- Career
- Personal
- References
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Career
Seratelli attended Old Bridge High School in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey. At 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m), Seratelli was too small to play American football or basketball. He joined the bowling team, but was cut from the school's baseball team as a freshman. He made the varsity baseball team in his junior year, playing shortstop. A leg injury suffered while running the bases prematurely ended his junior year. He threw perfect games for the bowling team as a freshman and as a junior.
Seratelli then enrolled at Seton Hall University. Now 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m), he tried out for the Seton Hall Pirates baseball team as a walk-on during his freshman year, and made the team. He was voted team captain in his sophomore year. He was not selected in the Major League Baseball Draft after graduating from Seton Hall. After a workout in Chicago, he did not receive an offer from a MLB team, but was noticed by the Windy City ThunderBolts of the independent Frontier League, and he began his career with them in 2006.
In February 2007, Seratelli attended a tryout with the Kansas City Royals, who signed him to a minor league contract. While playing for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Class AA Texas League in 2011, he was named an All-Star. After the 2011 season, the Royals named Seratelli their farm system's best baserunner, and assigned him to the Arizona Fall League.
After the 2013 season, Seratelli became a free agent. He signed a minor league contract with the Mets, receiving an invitation to spring training in 2014. The Mets evaluated Seratelli as a shortstop. At the end of spring training, the Mets chose Omar Quintanilla over Seratelli, and Seratelli began the season with the Las Vegas 51s of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.
On December 12, 2014, Seratelli signed with the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Seratelli signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2015. However, he announced his retirement prior to the start of the 2016 season.
Personal
Seratelli was born in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. He and his family lived in his great-grandparents house early in his life. His family moved to Old Bridge when he entered the sixth grade. His parents divorced, and his mother moved to California, with Anthony and his sister, Danyel, staying with their father, Russell. During his sophomore year at Seton Hall, Seratelli began instructing 14-year-olds in baseball camps. Seratelli formed a production company, called ArS*1 Productions, in 2012.
Russell and Danyel were involved in a motor collision in 2011 in which Russell died. Anthony referred to his father as "the greatest man that ever lived", and has dedicated his career to his memory.
His grandmother was born in Japan.