Besides a rookie campaign that began in 1986 where Ozzie Smith and Cal Ripken, Jr. were the obvious defensive and offensive gold standards for major league shortstops, ball players such as Tony Fernandez of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League was garnering accolades and praise as a premiere defensive shortstop as well.
Tony Mwai is a native Kenyan who was educated in the United States, and after 25 years with Big Blue in the U.S. he caught word that IBM was looking to expand in Africa as part of its overall growth market strategy.