Richard Monteleone is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher and coach. In 2008, he was the special pitching instructor for the New York Yankees

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, but was fired on October 14, 2008.

Monteleone was the first round pick (20th overall) for the Detroit Tigers

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 in the 1982 draft

1982 Major League Baseball Draft

-First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.- Other notable players :*Barry Bonds was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign...

. However, he began his major league career with the Seattle Mariners

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 in 1987. After a year in Seattle, Monteleone pitched relief

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 for the California Angels

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 from 1988–1989, the Yankees from 1990–1993, the San Francisco Giants

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 in 1994, and the Angels again from 1995-1996.