Danish Journalist Documents the Life of His Country's Lone MLB Player

U.S. field work included reporter's first time at a game

As Jannik Bay Hansen waited for his New Year’s Eve party guests to arrive in Copenhagen in 2010, he turned to Google to pass the time. Seven years later, the freelance journalist was recently in the U.S. tending to a project related to that seemingly innocent activity.

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Hansen is writing a book about Olaf Henriksen, a member of the Boston Red Sox at the beginning of the 20th century and the only Dane to make it to baseball’s North American major leagues.

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