The Ugandan Teen With Big MLB Dreams

Earlier this summer in the MLB Draft League (a league for players looking to improve their draft outlook), a catcher from Uganda, Dennis Kasumba, stepped to the plate for the Frederick Keys… and struck out. For Kasumba, the result of the at-bat was a footnote — after a journey that took him from a slaughterhouse in Uganda to dreaming of Major League Baseball in the U.S. Today, the story of Kasumba’s baseball odyssey, the coach who believed the game could save him, and how a cell phone ultimately gave him a shot to pursue his dream. 

Guest: Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times

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