Cap tip, Kyle Smith
From the North ShoreNews (Vancouver, Canada)
The 38-year-old softball slugger has been a fixture with Team Canada since 2005, winning a world championship and the Pan Am Games in 2015
Andy Prest
about 21 hours ago
North Vancouver’s Derek Mayson has been picking up grounders and crushing dingers for Canada’s national team for nearly two decades, and this week he’s stepping to the plate for his final tournament, the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup. The 38-year-old has two young children at home and said it’s time to focus on the family, but not before he pulls on the Maple Leaf jersey one more time at the World Cup, running Nov. 26-Dec. 4 in New Zealand. Representing Canada has been the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, he told the North Shore News from New Zealand as he was preparing to hit the field.
“It’s been my sole goal in the sport, really, since I knew that there was a national team,” he said. “It brings me an enormous sense of pride to be able to represent our country, represent our community, all the players that I’ve played with over the years and coaches, as well as my family.”
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