Ugandan major league hopeful finally gets visa to play in MLB Draft League

Dennis Kasumba, an Ugandan orphan whose viral videos on Tik Tok and Twitter showcased his MLB dreams, has been granted a visa to come to the U.S.

Orphaned at a young age and living in poverty and despair, Dennis Kasumba has found purpose in pursuing his dream to become Uganda’s first MLB player.Kasumba is expected to arrive in the U.S. later this month. A catcher, he has been invited to play with the Frederick Keys in the MLB Draft League, a six-team amateur summer league that opens its 30-game season June 1. The team, based in Frederick, Md.

In an effort to overcome those odds Kasumba, who can’t afford a gym membership, has developed a creative — and exhausting — series of exercises using, among other things, a stack of old tires, plastic bottles filled with water and a weathered blue backpack stuffed with rocks.

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