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Struck Out, Before Even Up to Bat
Africa’s first Little League baseball team to advance to the Little League World Series, the Rev. John Foundation Little League team from Kampala, Uganda, unfortunately won’t be able to appear at the series after all – the result of a lack of complete documentation for the children and complications with the United States’ visa and immigration policies, which prevent them from traveling to the annual South Williamsport, Pa., event.
A disappointment all around, but especially for the kids:
“It’s a shame,” [documentary filmmaker] Shapiro said. “Their country isn’t ready for this. The schools aren’t ready. The parents aren’t ready. The only thing that’s ready are the kids and their talent. They will make it one day, and if there is anything positive out of this, it’s for people to realize what wonderful things are happening with these kids. They’ve got their own little world growing here.”
UPDATE: More from the kids themselves, and a bit of history about the fledgling roots of Little League baseball in Africa, here.