Lower Mainland lefty with Major League dreams

Sean Duncan on the mound with the Canadian Junior National Baseball Team. (Supplied)

By Marcus Fitzgerald

Posted May 28, 2024 7:00 am.

Last Updated May 30, 2024 12:37 pm.

Sixteen-year-old Sean Duncan of Port Coquitlam currently patrols the mound for the Langley Blaze of the BC Premier Baseball League, but his talent is already taking him around the world – and might just land him in the Major Leagues one day, too.

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