16-year-old N.L. baseball star Jaida Lee to throw 1st pitch at a Jays game

After marking one first in baseball competition at the Canada Summer Games, 16-year-old Jaida Lee is readying for another.

Lee is set to throw the ceremonial first pitch Saturday when the Blue Jays play against Cleveland in Toronto.

"Very excited. It's really cool that I'm probably going to get to meet some of them," Lee said Thursday. "I plan on throwing an actual pitch."

"I don't think she'll have any trouble getting it over the plate," said her father, Dave Lee. "She's pretty good. She's always in the zone, so I don't think that's going to be an issue."

That throw will round out a historic week for the girl, who was Newfoundland and Labrador's flag-bearer for the tournament's opening ceremonies, and broke barriers when she became the first female to pitch in men's baseball competition at the Games.

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Jaida Lee played in two innings in Newfoundland and Labrador's loss to Alberta on Monday. The ball she used is heading to the Canadian