Dodgers: LA Makes History, Reportedly Adds Pair of Ugandan Baseball Players
According to a Friday report from the official Twitter account of the National Council of Sports in Uganda, the Dodgers have signed a pair of players, Ben Serunkuma and Umar Male, out of Uganda. The move makes history as they would be the first two Ugandan players to play professionally for an MLB team.
Additionally, Joshua Kizito Muwanguzi was signed as a coach who will join Male and Serunkuma at the club’s Dominican complex, Campo Las Palmas.
Serunkuma & Male will start their journey to professional baseball at the Dodgers’ Dominican Complex in Santo Domingo as the first of the Six levels of Minor League Baseball, with the goal of playing in the @MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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— National Council of Sports -Uganda (@NCSUganda1) January 28, 2022
BASEBALL: LA Dodgers sign Ugandan trio
‘The Dodgers hope the success of these three young men will continue to grow the sport and inspire a new crop of potential professionals players from the Pearl of Africa.’ -Will Nolden, Assistant Director, Los Angeles Dodgers.
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— National Council of Sports -Uganda (@NCSUganda1) January 28, 2022
As of this time, there’s no information on what positions Male or Serunkuma play. What we do know is that they will get work at Campo Las Palmas and begin getting acclimated to professional organized baseball.
For the Dodgers, it continues a thread for a franchise that has made leaps and bounds spreading the great game of baseball internationally.
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