The Ghana national baseball team is the national baseball

Baseball

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 team of Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

. They are currently the 3rd team in Africa

Africa

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 and the 42nd ranked men's baseball team in the IBAF World Rankings

IBAF World Rankings

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In June 2008, US President George W. Bush

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, Ghanaian Vice President Aliu Mahama

Aliu Mahama

Alhaji Aliu Mahama was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He sought the New Patriotic Party's nomination for the 2008 presidential election,, GNA , October 24, 2007. but at the party's convention in December 2007 he received only 6.38% of delegates' votes...

 and outgoing US ambassador Pamela Bridgewater were honored for their work in developing baseball and softball in the country.

The team is controlled by the Ghana Baseball & Softball Federation, which is represented in the African Baseball & Softball Association

African Baseball & Softball Association

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