Reds pitcher Amir Garrett, the last of dying breed of African Americans

I remember the day when former St. John’s basketball coach Steve Lavin recruited the rangy 6’6 lefty from Leuzinger High School in my hometown of Lawndale, California, who was also a baseball pitcher with high heat that clocked 96 mph. The prospect was Amir Garrett and his first love was for basketball, a game he was pretty darn good at. He was considered a four star recruit and played one season at the prestigious Findlay Prep in Las Vegas, so the recruiting war for his services was rather i
I remember the day when former St. John’s basketball coach Steve Lavin recruited the rangy 6’6 lefty from Leuzinger High School in my hometown of Lawndale, California, who was also a baseball pitcher with high heat that clocked 96 mph.