JINJA, Uganda – For the past six months, Armstrong Muhoozi has been putting in work. He lugs his baseball equipment about a mile uphill from his ramshackle home to a rutted, bumpy field at the Masese Co-Education Primary School. Sometimes, the 17-year-old makes this dusty trek twice per day, committed to perfecting his backhand on ground balls, creating separation between his upper and lower half on swings off the tee, and strengthening his already laser-like arm through a regimen of regular drills. He hoofs it to a local gym where, for the equivalent of $1.35 per session, he rotates through a set of explosive medicine ball throws, dynamic shoulder
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