Fehlandt Lentini

Fehlandt Lentini
Lentini with the Calgary Vipers in 2009
Outfielder
Born: (1977-08-12) August 12, 1977 (age 47)
Santa Rosa, California
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Minor League Baseball statistics
Batting average.287
Home runs6
Runs batted in117
Independent league baseball statistics
Batting average.307
Home runs124
Runs batted in748
Teams
  Minor leagues
  Independent leagues
Career highlights and awards

Fehlandt A. Lentini (born August 12, 1977, in Santa Rosa, California) is a former American professional baseball player who last played as an outfielder with the Long Island Ducks. Lentini, an outfielder, has played with many different minor and independent league teams over his career, which began in 2001 with the Martinsville Astros of the rookie-level Appalachian League. He attended Sonoma State University and from there, was signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent. In the Astros organization, he played with six different teams from 2001 to 2003. During the 2004 season, Lentini began his tenure in the independent league circuit, signing with the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League. That season, was named a league all-star.

From 2006 to 2008, Lentini was selected to play in the Northern League All-Star Game as a member of the Winnipeg Goldeyes. After joining the Golden Baseball League in 2009, he was chosen to play in the season's all-star game. Also in 2009 Lentini, as a member of the Calgary Vipers, was named the Golden Baseball League's Player of the Week for June 1 to 7. The Vipers won the league championship that season. In October 2010, his alma mater, Sonoma State University, will induct him into the Sonoma State Athletic Hall of Fame.

Aside from his time as a player, Lentini is notable for his tenure as manager of the Sonoma Stompers, chronicled in the book The Only Rule Is It Has To Work.[1]

  1. ^ ""The Only Rule is It Has to Work" is Effectively Wild". 3 May 2016.