LADNER, B.C. – A suburban town in British Columbia is celebrating after a hometown boy made baseball history this week.
Ladner native James Paxton threw a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, leading his Seattle Mariners to a 5-0 victory.
Paxton is now the first Canadian-born Major League Baseball pitcher to shut out another team on his native soil, and his hometown is celebrating the achievement.
By yesterday morning, the Welcome to Ladner sign was decorated with homemade notices reading "Congrats James," and "Big Maple with a no-hitter."
The heron on the same sign had a Canadian flag taped to its beak and was wearing a cutout of Paxton’s Seattle Mariners jersey.
Ted Paxton says Canadian baseball fans have rallied around his son and it was incredible to watch the Toronto crowd stand up and cheer for James at the end of Tuesday’s game.
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