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A Letter to My Younger Self
To all the girls with big dreams, always remember who you really are and that you belong in this game. Be part of the movement to support girls in baseball with big dreams today: https://www.classy.org/campaign/baseball-for-all/c384488 #BaseballForAll #FutureOfBaseball
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2021 BFA Junior Captains Projects
In 2021, we welcomed a brand new team of BFA Junior Captains: 15 middle school and junior-high aged girls in baseball committed to growing the game in their own communities. This team represented 10 states and six Baseball For All teams, including the Boston Slammers, Chicago Scouts, DC Force, East Bay Oaks, Florida Bolts, Los…
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2021 BFA Captains Projects
In 2021, our BFA Captains—a handpicked leadership team of 15 high school girls in baseball—spent 8 months concepting, planning, and executing independent projects to make an impact on girls within their own community. This group spent their time mentoring their own Junior Captains while tapping into their own talents and passions to motivate, inspire, and…
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Breaking the Grass Ceiling: More Women Are Playing College Baseball Than Ever Before | Sports Illustrated
A record six women suited up for teams at various collegiate levels this season, with more on the way, and a movement to make women’s baseball a college sport is gaining momentum. — After playing baseball for two seasons on the JV team at North County High School in Glen Burnie, Md., Skylar Kaplan was…
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Baseball options for girls, women expanding | MLB.com
Skylar Kaplan was 13 years old when she made her way from the outfield to the mound at Cooperstown Dreams Park. She had already pitched four innings to start the game, but with the game on the line, and a diminishing lead, Kaplan’s arm was needed to close it out. The youth tournament weekend in…
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USA Baseball Welcomes Baseball For All to its Membership | USA Baseball
USA Baseball today announced Baseball For All has joined the organization as its newest General Member. Baseball For All is a non-profit organization focused on building gender equity in baseball by providing girls across America opportunities to play, coach, and lead. Prospective USA Baseball members are presented to the Board of Directors before being carefully…
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Justine Siegal, first woman to coach for an MLB team, is still breaking barriers for girls in baseball | ESPN
Before she became the first woman on the coaching staff of a professional men’s baseball team (in 2009, with the Brockton Rox), the first woman to throw batting practice to an MLB team (the Indians, in 2011) or the first woman to coach for an MLB team (with the Oakland A’s instructional league in Arizona…
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BASEBALL FOR ALL HOSTS FIRST-EVER WOMEN’S COLLEGE INVITATIONAL | Just Women’s Sports
The first all-women’s college baseball invitational is set to take place this weekend. The Women’s College Baseball Invitational, hosted by Baseball For All at Centenary University in New Jersey, will take place over two days. The event is focused on the development of women and girls who are interested in playing college baseball. “Women have been playing…
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Baseball For All nationals ‘pure fun’ for girls | MLB.com
Girls shouldn’t play baseball. At least, that’s what Justine Siegal’s baseball coach told her when she was 13 years old. Siegal disagreed. In fact, that moment motivated her to make her mark on the sport. Since then, Siegal has made history. She became the first woman to coach in a Major League organization with the A’s…
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History in the Making: Women’s College Baseball Movement Continues to Make Strides | Sports Illustrated
Eight women are slated to play collegiate baseball in 2022, much in thanks to the efforts of Baseball For All, which held the first-ever Women’s College Baseball Invitational this summer. — The women’s baseball movement has made huge strides over the last few years, with history already set to be made in March 2022, when…
