Bucs' Gift Ngoepe makes history in MLB debut

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Gift Ngoepe: first African-born baseball player in MLB

Bucs' Gift Ngoepe makes history in MLB debut

Gift Ngoepe has become the first South African Major League Baseball player to step up to the plate

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Pirates beat Cubs as Gift Ngoepe becomes first African in MLB