BASEBALL ... AND BAMISILE
We caught up with Aaron McGarity at the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last week. He’s the right-hander from Richmond … whose uphill battle to reach the major leagues continues in the face of roadblocks that would convince most people to look for another line of work. So, what was McGarity doing in San Juan, of all places? To play baseball, what else? “ They have a winter league than runs from November through January … and this is the time when players under contract [with major-league teams] usually leave to get ready for spring training … and they need to patch holes with guys like me,” he said, adding, “and, if I can do well …” If nothing else, McGarity is persistent. Little more than a month removed from his 29 th birthday and almost two years following Tommy John surgery, the Mills Godwin High School and Virginia Tech alumnus refuses to give in. Signed by the New York Yankees in 201...