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MormonTimes.com: Mission prepared pro baseball player for the mound

Published: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:04 a.m. MDT
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Going from the outfield to the pitcher's mound doesn't quite compare with going from Thatcher, Ariz., to Siberia. But for Leon Johnson, both constitute major life journeys.

The former Brigham Young University outfielder is just hoping his current venture proves as beneficial as the one that took him from playing baseball in the Arizona desert to unsuccessfully attempting to toss a ball in the frigid climate of the Russia Novosibirsk mission.

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Recent comments

Leon Johnson's field of dreams may never be realized on the...

Dick | June 22, 2008 at 9:07 p.m.

Novosibirsk is quite a place. Not primitive by any measure. In...

marcus | June 20, 2008 at 4:27 p.m.

I just wanted to know what his religion has to do with baseball

why | June 20, 2008 at 3:45 p.m.

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