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Live Q&A with Justine Siegal | First Woman to Coach Professional Men’s Baseball
Justine Siegal, the first woman to coach professional baseball (Brockton Rox, 2009); the first female to throw batting practice for MLB teams (Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, Houston Astros, Spring Training, 2011); and the first female to coach in Major League Baseball (Instructs, 2015), stopped by…
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Live Q&A with Andrea Hayden | Minnesota Twins Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Andrea Hayden, a Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Minnesota Twins, stopped by chat with young women in baseball and share pro-level tips and at-home drills, including ways to up your workout game to get to the next level. This Live Q&A Series features 10 episodes with leading women (and men!) in baseball offering insight…
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Live Q&A with Alyssa Nakken | San Francisco Giants Coach
Alyssa Nakken, the first full-time female coach on a big league staff in Major League Baseball history, stopped by to chat with our players from all over the globe. Over the 1-hour Q&A, Nakken offers insight to young women in baseball on how to succeed in the sport and what it feels like, at just…
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Live Q&A with Hannah Huesman | Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills Coach
Hannah Huesman, a Mental Skills Coach with the Philadelphia Phillies, stopped by to speak with girls in baseball from over the U.S. and Canada. Over this 1-hour Q&A, Huesman offered tips and strategies to become more mentally tough while improving your approach to the game to give you the competitive edge to succeed in baseball.…
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The Greatest Game | BBDO
Too many girls are still told they can’t play baseball because they are girls. Baseball For All was founded to empower girls to believe in themselves and to keep playing the game they love.
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Pushing for women’s baseball, a league of their own | ESPN
At the historic home of the Rockford Peaches, nearly 300 girls took the field to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, play hardball and prove their favorite sport isn’t just for boys. Photos by Carol Guzy | Text by Aimee Crawford
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A’s team with ‘Baseball For All’ to inspire girls pursuing careers in baseball | NBC Sports
OAKLAND — Earlier this month, the United States women’s national soccer team captured the hearts and minds of the entire nation as they won their second straight World Cup title. Their incredible run served as a great reminder that women’s professional sports have never been more popular, from soccer to tennis to softball and baseball.…
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BBDO Atlanta, Baseball for All Encourage Coaches to Give Girls the Opportunity to Play Ball | Adweek
BBDO Atlanta launched a pro-bono campaign for Baseball for All, an organization dedicated to promoting girls involvement in baseball, just in time for the opening of the World Series last night. The campaign is centered around a 60-second spot called “Ready to Play,” which utilizes a spoken-word rendition of John Fogerty‘s 1985 hit “Centerfield.” The…
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A Tournament of Their Own | ESPN
Brittany Apgar loves baseball. Not softball. Baseball. “I love the competition and the challenge,” she says. “Baseball is not just a physical game. It’s a mental game too. You have to have a good memory, but if you make a mistake, you have to be able to forget about it and move on to the…
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Justine Siegal: Baseball for All | BBC News
Challenging attitudes in traditionally male dominated sport is a long and difficult struggle, and even when you’ve made it, the challenge never ends. There are few, if any, better qualified baseball coaches than Justine Siegel. Yet despite that, the first female coach to be employed by a Major League team still finds opportunities few and…
