The Dodgers are running a baseball academy in central Uganda that few people outside the country know about, and it's starting to turn out pro players.
, joined the University of St. Thomas in Houston on a baseball scholarship, becoming the second Ugandan recruited to play at the Division III school in the last three years.
“You can get a kid’s attention by bringing something different. If you bring a new toy, they want to try the new toy,” Deryk Bice, a former player turned coach, said of those early days. “Some of us didn’t know anything about this game. It was my first time playing baseball. I was really scared of the crowd,” continued Canpara, whose team upset the Dominican Republic in its opening game. “[People] were really surprised seeing a team from Africa. And they were really surprised at how good we were.”
“What the Dodgers are doing is picking the best, the cream of the crop,” said Bice, a former Dodgers scout in Uganda. “And if you’re not the best they are going to drop you.”
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