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Shawn Garrett Retires

February 18th, 2009 | Author: Chad Gramling

I highly encourage you to check out this great Bloomberg article by Scott Soshnick. In it, he details the career of former Wizard, Shawn Garrett, as one of the clean atheletes of the game, and one of the victims of the now storied “steroid era” that has played out . . .

Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski in a recent column wrote about the one guy he’d love to find — the clean player of the steroids era. Not just the guy who didn’t use, but the guy who was offered the shortcut; the guy who smelled fame and fortune and said no anyway.

Well, Joe, meet Shawn Garrett, who in 1998 got $50,000 when he signed with the San Diego Padres out of Olney Central College in Illinois.

Garrett retired last week after 11 bus-riding seasons in the minors. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Garrett was a multiple All- Star who called it quits with a career batting average of .291 to go along with 116 home runs over 1,228 games.

A little more pop in that bat and who knows. The dream died, though. Garrett never got the call, the one every minor- leaguer dreams of, the one where his manager summons him to the office and tells him that he’s going to The Show.

See also: Wizards Where R They? – Shawn Garrett

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3 Responses to “Shawn Garrett Retires”

  • Bill Fahlsing:
    March 2, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    Shawn played in Fort Wayne, IN , Our family met his family,we attended his wedding in southern Illinois. We drove to Florida to watch him improve his game with several teams. His dedication to his family were intertwined. His success is his commitment to his values and the rewards that will come his way. I’m honored he calls me his “uncle Bill”

  • Chad Gramling:
    March 2, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    Thanks for visiting and commenting Bill. I appreciate hearing stories like that.

  • Bill Kissner:
    April 8, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    I met Shawn in 2007. He is an impressive young man and will do well after his retirement.

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