LA Angels minor league prospect Gregory Veliz grew up in the small town of Key West, Florida, which is the Southernmost point in the United States. With water surrounding both sides of the town, the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other side there wasn’t far he could go. It was a three-hour drive to Miami and the Florida mainland.
After playing baseball for four years at Key West High School for the Fightin’ Conchs (a tropical marine mollusk that lives in a spiral shell), Veliz made the three hour trip to attend the University of Miami and play for the Hurricanes.