SA baseball sensation hits 'home run', gets ENGAGED!

Cape Town - South African baseball sensation Gift Ngoepe is engaged and has shared his proposal on social media.

The 28-year-old, who made waves last year by becoming the first African to play in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game, is engaged to television producer Cait Anderson. 

The couple shared the news on their Instagram pages this week, with a series of photographs documenting the occasion. 

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Ngoepe made his MLB debut Pittsburgh Pirates in 2017, but he is currently contracted to the Toronto Blue Jays. 

Ngoepe is yet to hit a home run in MLB.

Congratulations to Gift and Cait, from South Africa! 

BREAKING: Cait Anderson to sign lifetime contract and retire as a member of Team Ngoepe?? #IssaFeyoncé #MyForever

A post shared by King Cait (@thecaitanderson) on Jul 10, 2018 at 11:01am PDT

Thanks to everyone who took the time to wish us congratulations! Cloud 9 is a real place and I’m going to be chillin here for a whiiiile lol

A post shared by King Cait (@thecaitanderson) on Jul 10, 2018 at 9:00pm PDT

My little chicken wing. #BuffaloWings

A post shared by King Cait (@thecaitanderson) on Jun 16, 2018 at 3:59pm PDT

?New Heights ?

A post shared by Gift Ngoepe (@mgngoepe) on Jul 11, 2018 at 9:24am PDT