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Baseball For All’s message to women and girls: You don’t have to stop playing the game you love | Deadspin
The future of Our National Pastime is changing, and it’s not just for the boys anymore. — The 29 young women who gathered on the pristine green turf of the Centenary University baseball field in mid-August for Baseball For All’s first-ever scouting combine for women — a group looking to continue their baseball careers into college…
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Young women are setting their sights on playing college baseball, and making inroads | The Athletic
As a rising college senior, Beth Greenwood’s baseball career has been marked by both trailblazing successes and countless defeats. “Baseball is a game of failure,” she says. Greenwood, 21, made history earlier this year when, according to the school, she became the first American woman to catch in NCAA baseball history as a member of…
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Growing number of women joining college baseball | CBS This Morning
Baseball For All is a nonprofit that pushes for equity in baseball. Alexia Jorge from New Jersey is one of the young ball players making history this year. Meg Oliver reports.
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Breaking grass ceilings: Why more women are coaching men’s teams | CS Monitor
The story begins with a question about pink baseball jerseys. Justine Siegal had been passionate about baseball since her days in Little League. She often slept with one hand gripped on her bat, in case she wanted to practice swings in the middle of the night. She played third base and pitched on her…
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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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Justine Siegal: Making Baseball History in the Past, Present and Future | Fansided
Starting in t-ball like most baseball players, Siegal led a normal baseball life until the age of 13 when she was first told she should quit baseball and switch to softball. “The more I was told to switch, the more I wanted to keep going,” said Siegal. Justine Siegal eventually played on her high school…
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She’s Up
When people ask “Is that a girl?” Tell them it’s a baseball player. As recently as the 1970s, girls were unilaterally denied the chance to play youth baseball. It took lengthy court battles to right that wrong, but even those legal wins didn’t open the floodgates for girls’ access to the sport. In fact, those…
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This is My Game #ShesUp
Would girls in baseball be more comfortable playing another sport? Watch to hear what they have to say. At every level of the game, we’re here to support girls who want to play, coach, and lead in baseball. See how we’re creating opportunities for girls to thrive in the sport, starting with the youth levels…
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Baseball, the National Pastime #ShesUp
How can baseball be called the national pastime when 52% of the nation isn’t given the same chance of playing it? As recently as the 1970s, girls were unilaterally denied the chance to play youth baseball. It took lengthy court battles to right that wrong, but even those legal wins didn’t open the floodgates for…
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2020 BFA Captains Projects
In 2020, our BFA Captains, a leadership team comprised of 15 high school girls in baseball, dedicated their efforts to growing the game for an even younger generation of girls in baseball. Despite the unprecedented challenges the year presented, these high school baseball players each mentored a Junior Captain—and tapped into their creative sides to…
