Lorenzo Steele, a former softball player of the Gene Warriors

Lorenzo Steele (Contributed)

By Olayemi Odesanya

Lorenzo Steele, a former softball player of the Gene Warriors League in Harlem, refers to his experience as one of the greatest times in his life. Steele was introduced to the Gene Warriors Softball team manager after his friend Jimmy Williams advocated for his skillset and leadership qualities. “He even told the manager if there isn’t any space on the roster, to take himself off and add him—and that is how I got on the team. Jimmy Williams did that,” Steele said. “This was around 1963, and I was just another neighborhood kid who played softball in the South Bronx.”