Julio Vega came from tough background, saw 2 pro seasons
Julio Vega had a difficult childhood in The Bronx, enough so that he and his siblings were taken from their mother and put in foster homes when he was 11, Newsday wrote in April 1990. He eventually landed with the Lee family, who helped get him the supports he needed, using his newfound love of sports to ensure he kept up his grades, Newsday wrote . "Every once in a while he starts to let things slip," Jean Lee told Newsday . "I say, 'Don't think I'm going to sign that baseball permission slip.'" Vega went from there on to the pros. His pro career lasted two seasons , ended by injuries from a car accident, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported . Vega's pro career began in 1990, taken by the Giants in the fifth round of the draft out of Shoreham-Wading River High School in New York. At Shoreham-Wading River, Vega was described by Newsday as a "switch hitting leadoff batter and an intimidating baserunner." He stole 18 of 19 bases and ...
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