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Black Sox greats' sons, ex-baseballer named for softball World Cup in Auckland

Black Sox greats' sons, ex-baseballer named for softball World Cup in Auckland
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Perseverance pays off for New York Mets' new Kiwi pitcher Elliot Johnstone

Tuatara coach Steve Mintz understandably needed some convincing to take Johnstone back for a second season, but it turned out to be a great move as the relief pitcher learned from what went wrong in year one and had a Jacob deGrom like ERA for the second season of 1.09. Andrew Cornaga/Photosport Elliot Johnstone signing his contract on Wednesday to be a part of the New York Mets organisation. After that campaign, where he ended up winning the Australian Baseball League’s rookie of the year award, he came onto the radar of MLB scouts. “Obviously I didn’t have the best [first] season,” Johnstone told Stuff, shortly after putting pen to paper on Wednesday.

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