Aussie Hearts Head Coach Narelle Gosstray served on the technical committee for the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup 2008 played in Matsuyama, Japan. Narelle provided periodic reports of the event to Aussie Hearts website viewers...
Shilla Safiya: Indonesia, Age 11. One of five Indonesians selected to atend the World Children's Baseball Fair in Japan 2006. Shilla is an all star in her league, regularly winning MVP honors. WBL Sparks 2007
Burbank High pitcher Marti Sementelli competed for Team U.S.A. in women's baseball last summer. burbankleader.com
Fran Orella: Ireland, Age 12. Fran has loved baseball for her entire life, and continues to play in her township league. She is only the second girl to play at the 12 year old level. Fran played with the WBL Trailblazers team in Orlando during the fall of 2006. WBL Sparks 2007
Brinley McLaren: Canada, Age 12. Brinley plays AAA baseball in Ontario. She is the only girl on her team. WBL Sparks 2007
Roy Hobbs Women's World Series - Ft. Myers , Florida 2007 - Anna Kimbrell with the San Diego Sabres at the plate (of the Boston Red Sox Spring Training field.)
Photographer unknown, Maggie Riley, 1927, modern gelatin silver print, 6 x 8 1/4 inches; courtesy of John Kovach
Sharon Poole, not allowed to be on little league team because of sex discrimination in Haverhill, Mass. Original URL: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=9daf25a0db695f29&q=women%20baseball%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwomen%2Bbaseball%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den
Artist unknown, Promotional Poster for the All-Star Ranger Girls Base Ball Club, c. 1930, 11 x 14 inches; courtesy of John Kovach
Photographer unknown, Batter and Catcher, c. 1910, photograph; courtesy of John Kovach
Team USA
USA’s Jen Hunter brings the heat during a game against Canada as part of the International Friendship Series at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. September 1-3, 2007
Nadezhda Aries, Age 14
SYLMAR - When Alianna Telles was a freshman at Sylmar High, her mom told her if she didn’t make the varsity softball team, she could try out for the baseball team.
Clearwater Valley High School second baseman Cassie Wilson reaches for a throw as Kendrick’s Adison Mortenson safely steals during Idaho 1A District II tournament play.
Gabby Sanchez is the first girl to make the Rio Linda baseball team. Sanchez made the junior varsity baseball team this spring – and beating out 15 boys to earn a spot on the squad.
Slocum coaches the Pinto - ages 7-8 - baseball team EnJoi in Channahon. His team roster contains three girls — Taylor Baranski, Rocky Perinar and Nicole Kijowski. They are the only three girls in the entire league. Together, the girls and the rest of the team are putting together quite a run…”
INDIGO PELEGRINI de Paur plays first base for the Women’s Baseball League Genesis on Mothers' Day 2008 Sunday at Cal Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, Md.
Heather Bauduin
Hannah Martensen played in her first international women's baseball tournament 2008 and stamped it a good all-around experience.
Article announcing to her community Hannah Martensen playing with the North Star's women's baseball team in the Phoenix Cup 2008 Hong Kong women's baseball tournament.
At 14, Hannah Martenson of Nepean is the youngest player on the North American roster that will compete in a senior women's baseball tournament in Hong Kong 2008
Haley Cameron: California, Age 12. A left handed pitcher, Haley struck out 14 of the 18 batters she faced at her district Litttle League tournament. WBL Sparks 2007
Jordan Bruere: New Mexico, Age 12. Jordan has been playing baseball all of her life. She has been playing along side her brothers on an all boys traveling baseball team since the age of 9. So far during the 2007 season, she has a batting average of .735 with 9 out of the park home runs. As a pitcher, her ERA is less than two. WBL Sparks 2007
Irina Kovach: Indiana, Age 12. Played for the Sparks in 2005, 2006, and 2007. 1 of 5 Americans selected for the World Children's Baseball Fair in Japan (2006). Current Player for the Women's Blue Sox baseball team. WBL Sparks 2007
Amanda Tsujikawa: Washington, Age 12. A Little League player, Amanda has played baseball for the past seven years. She played in the city championships with victories in the last two years. WBL Sparks 2007
Kate Hartey Harris: Colorado, Age 12. Played for the Sparks in 2006. One of five Americans chosen to attend the World Children's Baseball fair in Japan in 2006. Currently playing on a nationally ranked travel team. WBL Sparks 2007
Sarah Montei: South Carolina, Age 12. Plays on a Dizzie Dean Travel Team. Sarah is the only girl in her state in her travel league. WBL Sparks 2007
Jessie Powell: Virginia, Age 11. A baseball, all star, Jessie switched to fatspitch in 2006 due to lack of opportunity. Jessie dreams of playing baseball. WBL Sparks 2007
Alicia Flanagan: New York, Age 11. Alicia is the only girl on her travel team. She is also a member of the Rochester Girls Baseball team - the only girls' baseball team in New York. WBL Sparks 2007
Rachel Siscol: Maryland, Age 12. Rachel is the leadoff hitter for her 12U baseball team. She also is the yongest player to play in the Eastern Women's Baseball Conference; an all women's league in the Maryland/DC/Virginia area. WBL Sparks 2007
Girl carves (base) path for others to follow - By BETHANY RHODES - May 2, 2008 1:17 am - Gazette Preps Dot Com
Vanessa West - "In Spring 2007, I decided to venture into the realm of the domineering Men’s Leagues. I got drafted in the MSBL Wooden Bat League (Men’s Senior Baseball League) for the Orlando Yankees."
Pirate Baseball 2008 Region 8 Champions!! 2007 Region 8 Champsions: 4th place at State Mark B. - ND's 2007 Senior player of the Year!! Pirate's State Championship named 1 of the top 5 sports stories of 2006 in Bismarck Tribune! Hannah Rohrich has heard the words too often: ‘They’ve got a girl on their team.’ She’s that girl, and her answer is just to do her job on the field with the Steele-Dawson baseball team. http://girlsplaybaseball.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/steele-dawson-baseball-pirates-not-all-boys-bszmark-tribune-may-30-2008/
For a story on womens baseball in Philadelphia and a new book " It Takes More Than Balls." In this photo, Narda Quigley, catcher, and Katie Gold, the batter, during tonights practice at Marion Anderson Rec Center field in South Philly. Quigley is the founder of the local women's baseball league.(Ed Hille / Inquirer) mg1balls25 May 21, 2008 102716
FOCUSED: Above, Brandy Darby watches the field as the rest of her ForSports team sits on the bench this month during the opening day at Port Huron Little League Park. (Times Herald photos by WENDY TORELLO)
Jacqueline Kane, 12, who plays for the RBV Little League Indians, delivers a pitch against the Reds during a recent game. Photo by Waldo Nilo - Staff photographer.
Gabby Sanchez
Pitcher Cindi Lukomski brings one home at practice in the Phila. Women’s Baseball League.
From left, Nick Culver of Meriden, Conn., Christal Fitzgerald of Sydney, Australia, Shaun Hanson of Lee and Chuck Manning of East Providence, R.I. talk as they wait to bat during baseball practice Tuesday at Daniel Webster College in Nashua. Fitzgerald recently tried out for the Eagles’ baseball team and made the cut this past fall. At 22, she is the fourth female in history to play collegiate baseball. “I kinda was in disbelief and excited,” Fitzgerald said. “I sometimes pinch myself and say, ‘Is this really a dream?’ ” - Staff photo by Corey Perrine - Nashua Telegraph
TEAMMATES ON the Cedar Junior Girls team wait for their turn to bat in a game against Maple City.
Striking it lucky: Kim McMillan will represent Australia at the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup later this year.
Molly Kruse, 8, dashes for first base during her GYAA baseball game on Saturday. Molly plays for the Mets and is the only girl among nine teams in the 7- to 8-year-old division. Photo by Brandon Dill/Special to The Commercial Appeal. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jun/01/miss-batter-up/
Qiara Manson, 10 stikes a ball during practice of the Little League team in Harvey on Friday, June 12, 2008. ( Chicago Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak ) ..OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV, CHICAGO OUT.. 00294791A HARVEYLEAGUE
Chelise Mitchell makes a solid connection on this hit. Mitchell is one of many Columneetza students taking advantage of the after school baseball practices at Comer Field. Sean Glanville photo - Williams Lake Tribune
In March of 2007, Ria Cortesio became the first female umpire to officiate a Major League Spring Training game in more than 20 years. (AP)
Dorothy Jane Mills - SABR - Our Mother's Game
Nancy O'Rear, 70, with her scrapbook of some 60 years ago that chronicles the exploits of the long-gone Grand Rapids (Mich.) Chicks baseball team. Back in the 1940s, Nancy's dream was to become a Chick, but it was dashed when World War II ended and the team _ as well as its league _ vanished. (Photo by Lori Niedenfuer Cool)
Natasha Smith Brown University Class: Freshman Hometown: Gloucester, MA High School: Waring Event: Multis/throws
Ballard pitcher Lily Niland always has played baseball, playing with or against almost all her Ballard teammates since Little League. For the past two seasons, the left-hander has played primarily on the JV team but has made a total of four varsity appearances in the tough KingCo 4A Conference. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050510&slug=ballard10
Mammy Peanut Johnson
Toni Stone
Blauner’s General Office Bobbies, representing Blauner’s Department Store of Philadelphia. D. Sargent Bell Collection, 1915–40. http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=997
Alexandra Sickinger
Amanda Peek - Star Softball player got her start at Cooperstown Dreams Park - Most home runs in one week by a girl - Amanda Peek, Glendale Knights (CA), 15 home runs, 1999
Cooperstown Dreams Park - 2008 Week #10 - August 9-14 WBL Sparks Tournament Bracket
Team Canada’s Mel Harwood watches Hammonds Plains HP Bears’ Brooke Sabourin as she helps out with Girls Day in Baseball at the Windsor Junction Community Centre Field recently. (Ingrid Bulmer / Staff - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca)
Baseball Canada - 2008 Bantam Girls Championship - Mascouche and La Plaine, QC
“Here is Victoria Beckham at the LA Dodgers stadium hitting ball…” from the Victoria Beckmam blog
WBL Sparks 2008 - Cooperstown Dreams Park - Opening Ceremony - Canadian National Anthem
Eight-year-old Abigail Garnett, left, and Karen Williams, 13, both play baseball on teams with boys. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)
Gurnee resident Lindsay Horwitz fires a pitch during Monday's workout. She can heave a fastball 65 miles per hour. (ROB DICKER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER - GurneeReview)
Phil Marino for The New York Times TOURNAMENT READY Julianne Devlin, 12, a member of the W.B.L. Sparks, in her backyard in Baldwin
Gurnee resident Lindsay Horwitz, 16, a junior at Warren High School, is a finalist for the USA Women's Baseball team. She'll head to California in her effort to make the final cut. (ROB DICKER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER - GurneeReview)
Victoria Ruelas poses with the co-ed soccer team she coaches with her husband in Wilmington, a team which includes her daughter, Paulina, sitting on her lap, and her son, Pablo, with his hand on her shoulder. As Victoria Brucker, she became the first U.S. girls to play in the Little League World Series, competing for San Pedro Eastview in 1989. Although she switched to softball to gain the opportunity to play in college, she still competes
Victoria Brucker, first Amercan girl to play in Little League World Series (she batted cleanup), taking swing during game. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
PORT ST. LUCIE — Just when Michaela Sihler thought she was finished with baseball, the game pulled her back in... - Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group © 2008 The E.W. Scripps Co.
Michaela Sihler, 12, of Port St. Lucie, swings before striking out in the first inning as her Southwest Port St. Lucie Little League team played against Okeechobee during the Florida District 17 Little League All-Star Tournament at Sportsman's Park in Port St. Lucie on Saturday. - Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group © 2008 The E.W. Scripps Co.
Tara Harbert, a standout on the 2006 Rams softball squad, has been named to the 18-player roster of the 2008 USA Women's Baseball National Team, set to compete in the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup in Matsuyama, Japan.
Karne Costes is leading off and is the starting centerfielder for Team USA.
"Despite being 4 feet 2 inches and weighing only 59 pounds, Marti has been intimidating opposing batters since she began pitching in kindergarten. She finished the 2002 season, her third season of Little League, with a career record of 27 wins and three losses. She has also accumulated 326 strikeouts in 166 innings of play, an impressive number considering the league rules that no pitcher may pitch more than three innings per game..."
Amanda Asay of Prince George will be returning home with a silver medal from the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup in Japan. (Prince George Citizen file photo)
First year materials engineering student, Julia Fellows, has been selected to play for Australia in the Women's World Baseball Cup being held in Japan - University of Wollongong, Australia
Webster Thomas senior Alex Hebert, 16, is the third-youngest player on the U.S. women's baseball team defending national champions of women's amateur baseball - Democrat and Chronicle Dot Com
Lilly Jacobson was named to the United States’ women’s national baseball team - Ray Hagar/Reno Gazette-Journal File
Japan did not let down its home crowd on Friday night, throttling Canada, 11-3, in the gold medalfinal of the 2008 IBAF Women’s World Cup - Baseball World Dot Com
Mississauga's Ashley Stephenson came up big when it counted, driving in the winning run earlier this afternoon at the Women's Baseball World Cup. Stephenson and her Canadian teammates have advanced to the championship match, happening tomorrow against the Japanese. The Mississaugua News
Daniele Carey: New Jersey, Age 12. A lifetime baseball player, Danielle's tournament team went to Sectionals this year. She is the only girl on her team and stars at shortstop, catcher, and pitcher.. WBL Sparks 2007
First woman ever to play alongside the men in Japanese professional baseball. Eri Yoshida was drafted for a new independent league that will launch in April, drawing attention for a side-armed knuckler that her future manager Yoshihiro Nakata said was a marvel.
High school student Eri Yoshida, 16, strikes a pose with a ball after being drafted by an independent league's professional team during a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Yoshida, who throws a side-arm knuckleball, was drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise in a new independent Japanese league that will start its first season in April. Yoshida says she wants to follow in the footsteps of Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY CREDIT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **
Yoshida-san is only 16-years old, 5-feet tall (152-centimeters), and 114 pounds (52 kilograms). Still, the right-handed pitcher struck out male batters straight for one inning during professional tryouts. Her strong performance made her one of the 33 players picked in the draft.
Eri Yoshida pitches at Skymark Stadium in Kobe on Nov. 3. (Mainichi)
In August of 2007, Irina Kovach pitches for the Chicago Pioneers. Earlier that spring she had been told by a local recreational baseball league that she could not participate in their baseball program because she was a girl! Recently, the Indiana Civil Rights Commission had found "probable cause" that she had indeed been discriminated against. - southbendbluesox.org
T7.9.98 Duluth-Superior Dukes pitcher Ila Borders throws the first pitch during the Dukes' game against the Sioux Falls Canaries Thursday, July 9, 1998 at Wade Stadium in Duluth, Minn. Borders is the first-ever female pitcher to start in a minor league baseball game. (AP Photo/Duluth News Tribune, Josh Meltzer) Sent out on wire, not published in DNT, is available for sale.
BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News Pirates base runner Marissa Morlock safely steals home June 30, 2008, as Rockies pitcher Joel Payne waits for the ball during their PONY League baseball game at Smith Fields. Gaga for baseball: Alaska News | http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/456882.html
BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News Jordan Elkins, left, who is off to play NCAA Division I hockey in the fall, talks to her 11-year-old sister, Pirates catcher Johnna Elkins, between innings. Gaga for baseball: Alaska News | http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/456882.html
BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News Pirates pitcher Teresa Kennedy winds up as a Rockies base runner leaves second base June 30, 2008, during a PONY League baseball game at Smith Fields. The Pirates started out last year as a softball team, but there was only one other softball team at their age level in the Valley to play against. Rather than disband, the team asked to join the Wasilla Youth Baseball/Softball League, and the girls started playing hardball. Gaga for baseball: Alaska News | http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/456882.html
BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News The Pirates get pumped up for their game June 30. Gaga for baseball: Alaska News | http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/456882.html
ready to pitch: Baseball player Rachel Jones on the pitcher’s mound during a Little League game in 2008. http://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2009/mar/17/rachel-jones-is-ready-to-play-baseball/
Josie Muffley Tom Haroldson / Kalamazoo Gazette Josie Muffley, 9, of Portage, is the only girl on the South Portage Little League 9-10 baseball all-stars team. It is her third baseball all-stars team since she began playing the sport at age 7. (Downloaded 10 July 2009) Josie Muffley, 9, of Portage, is the only girl on the South Portage Little League 9-10 baseball all-stars team. It is her third baseball all-stars team since she began playing the sport at age 7. (Tom Haroldson / Special to Hometown Gazette) http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/07/hey_thats_a_girl_playing_baseb.html
Madeline Lewis - 12-year-old Girl Rocks Little League Janelle Bitker, Photographer Maddy Lewis redefines the phrase, "throwing like a girl" during a recent Alameda Little League game where Lewis faced all-male batters. http://www.alamedasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5260&Itemid=12
Harlee Donovan kept her eye on the ball to hit two home runs on May 19. Historians say she's the first girl to hit two home runs in a Half Moon Bay Little League game. WBL Spark 2009 - baseballforall.com http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2009/06/03/sports/doc4a2575c9b4d94166726756.txt
Crista Stillie - WBL Spark 2009 Stille invited to play Sunday, July 12, 2009 Staff Report Gautier resident Crista Stille has been invited to play with the WBL Sparks all-girls international team, representing Mississippi at the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park in Cooperstown, N.Y. http://www.gulflive.com/sports/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/sports/1247435114302210.xml&coll=5
Teen is MVP of women's tourney Leads team to American Women's Baseball Federation national championship Monday, October 12, 2009 HUNTINGBURG, Ind. — At 5-foot-2 and 115 pounds, 16-year-old Marti Sementelli was the youngest and smallest of the five-time defending champion New England Red Sox trying to win another title Monday at the American Women's Baseball Federation national tournament. But she cut an imposing veteran presence on the mound, as she hurled the Red Sox to their sixth straight championship, a 2-1 squeaker over the Washington, D.C., Thunder, and was named tourney MVP. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/oct/12/teen-is-mvp-of-womens-tourney/
Bryn Stonehouse - Arabian American Little League of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 2009 Little League Baseball World Series
Katie Reyes - Hastings Community Litttle League of Vancouver, British Columbia
Alexandra Bellini - East Nepean Little League - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - 2004 - Little League International, Inc. - Baseball World Series 2004 http://www.littleleague.org/series/2004divisions/llbb/obbp/23mon.htm
Meghan Sims - Owensboro South Little League - Owensboro, Kentucky - 2004 - Little League International, Inc. - Baseball World Series 2004 http://www.littleleague.org/series/2004divisions/llbb/obbp/23mon.htm
Katie Reyes becomes first girl gamewinner at Little League WS http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Katie-Reyes-becomes-first-girl-gamewinner-at-Lit?urn=mlb,185105
Katie Reyes becomes first girl gamewinner at Little League WS
Little league curve ball - Dong-Phuong Nguyen, Times Staff Writer - Bruce B. Blog "From the dugout, boys taunted the batter: "Aahhh, you got struck out by a girl." As the only girl playing baseball in the New Tampa Little League, that's usually the reaction Rachel Carlson hears when she strikes out a batter..." http://blogs.tampabay.com/newtampa/2007/04/little-league-c.html#more
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Jillian Larrow and Madeline Dickson - WBL Sparks 2009 The girls of summer - By Bobbi Sistrunk - Fri Aug 08, 2008, 11:10 AM EDT - wickedlocal.com http://www.wickedlocal.com/carver/homepage/x1420673272/The-girls-of-summer
Tabitha "Tikki" Callander - WBL Sparks 2009 Dreams Park still making dreams come true - baseball.com.au http://www.wa.baseball.com.au/?Page=55141
Kyra Laumbach - WBL Sparks 2009 Kyra Laumbach prepares to take a swing at Coors Field during the Rockies team championship. The 12 year-old from Springer, N.M., won in the 11-12-year-old age division and became the first girl in the competition's 13-year history to win the team championship in any age group. http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090620&content_id=5433340&vkey=news_col&fext=.jsp&c_id=col
Jasmine Siegal Age 11 Massachusetts OF Attended World Children’s Baseball Fair in 2008 & 2009.
Rachel Shervan Age 12 Canada Utility Plays AAA Baseball. Competed in Nationals in 2008.
Jillian Silvanic Age 12 New York P, Utility Struck out 18 players in one game; giving up one walk.
Gabrielle Cochran Age 13 Florida P, C, Utility Has not lost a game as a pitcher in 2 years.
Katie Burt Age 12 Massachusetts P, C, Utility LL All Star. Goalie for H.S. Varsity Ice Hockey Team
Gabriella Frumusa Age 11 New York P, Utility 3rd Year playing in Majors’ LL. District LL All Star 2009.
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Katie Bilan of the Shooting Stars All-Girl Baseball Team will go to Japan to compete in the WCBF. (Stan Gilliland) http://web.usabaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090717&content_id=5906246&vkey=news_usab&gid=
Mackenzie Brown Tells How She Got So Good, Why Girls Who Love Baseball Should Ignore Critics — and What She Was Thinking When She Threw Out the First Pitch at a Mets Game May 19, 2009 – 4:54 pm http://fairgamenews.com/2009/05/mackenzie-brown-tells-how-she-got-so-good-why-girls-who-love-baseball-should-ignore-critics-and-what-she-was-thinking-when-she-threw-out-the-first-pitch-at-a-mets-game/
Athletic girl earns a place in boy-dominated baseball - By Chris Van Tuyl (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - commercialappeal.com http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/jul/16/minors-difference/
Players come out for first ever baseball girls day - Published Monday June 29th, 2009 - mirimachileader.com http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/front/article/712761
PREPARING FOR THE BIG GAME: Emily Montgomery and her teammates practice at the batting cages. Although a designated hitter bats for Emily, she has started in left field all season. - ALAN PETERSIME / The Star Vincennes Rivet can make history in Indiana baseball state finals - For 1st time, girl will compete in baseball state championship By Mark Dent Posted: June 18, 2009 http://www.indystar.com/article/20090618/SPORTS0204/906180428/Cinderella+team+has+a+Cinderella+in+left+field
SHE’S FIRST: Vincennes Rivet’s Emily Montgomery jokes with teammates Friday before the Class A title game. ©2009 IndyStar.com http://www.indystar.com/article/20090620/SPORTS0204/906200448/1057/SPORTS02/Girl+s+baseball+team+falls+in+Class+A+title+game
Baseball player Madison Hanten of Steele Canyon, who didn't make the varsity team, dreams about a future playing ball beyond high school. (K.C. Alfred / Union-Tribune) - If only the number were 386. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/05/1s5girlbb22750-she-just-wants-play-ball/
The South Bend Blue Sox and Chicago Women's Baseball League teamed-up and instructed nearly 100 girls during a baseball clinic on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Mann Park in Chicago. http://www.southbendbluesox.org/ http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/GoGirlGo/Chicago.aspx
In the Game - Akisa Fukuzawa - Story | Cary Smith - 07/09 Photo | Eric Wagner http://www.columbusmag.com/section-suitless-article.php?id=980
A national pastime for only half the nation - In a new book, college professor and social critic Jennifer Ring makes a compelling case against gender. Dave Getzschman / For The Times Lilly Jacobson, left, is a member of the USA Baseball national women's team and her mother, Jennifer Ring, is the author of a book about the exclusion of females from the national pastime. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-streeter19-2009jul19,0,3027252.column
Infielders working on "small glove" drills Australian Womens Squad on track for a best ever performance at 2010 World Cup http://www.nsw.baseball.com.au/default.asp?Page=57649
Amy Vickers, Kate Russell, Eliza Russell, Carly Jensen, Cathy Carroll, Claire Stephens. Six ACT Women chosen for NSW Country squad - By Barry Barnes, Thursday, 8 October 2009 - www.act.baseball.com.au
GrandesLigas? - Cuban Womens Baseball - Ernesto Pérez Zambrano, Filmmaker
She Rox - A minor sensation: Justine Siegal pro ball’s first female coach - By Steve Buckley - Sunday, June 7, 2009 - http://www.bostonherald.com http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/other_sports/general/view.bg?articleid=1177296&format=text
Baseball coach Justine Siegal signs autographs for female players during a recent trip to Japan.
Baseball For All 12u Girls team went 2-3 in "boys" tournament this weekend. We hit 8 HR, stole 14 bases in 17 attempts, and pitchers had 25Ks in 29 innings. Lost the playoff game, after leading 7-2 in the 5th! This pic is taken at the HV Renegades minor league park after our BP session there. What a fantastic weekend! From Justine Siegal''s Facebook Wall
Norine Rathbone - A Real Live Pink Bat
The 5-foot-2 Sementelli pitched in the Women’s World Cup. “And I’m really dedicated to the game — nothing gets in my way,” she said. Photo by J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times. "Challenges for Girls Playing High School Baseball" By MARK HYMAN - Published: February 28, 2009 - nytimes.com
Alex Hebert of Webster Thomas living a baseball dream by KEVIN OKLOBZIJA • STAFF WRITER • MAY 2, 2009 - democratandchronicle.com – Alex Hebert could have made the easy decision and given up baseball to play softball for Webster Thomas High School. Chances are she'd be a very good softball player. And chances are even better that she wouldn't be happy. "Baseball is pretty much her life," said Thomas senior Kevin Johnson, who plays shortstop and pitches for the Titans and has been Hebert's teammate for at least seven years... http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090502/SPORTS08/905020335/Alex+Hebert+of+Webster+Thomas+living+a+baseball+dream
Anna Kinbrel - IBAF III Women's Baseball World Cup 2008 - Compton, California - Final Trial Roster - For 2008 USA Baseball invited 18 players to the Final Trials in Compton, California from August 16-20 at the MLB Urban Youth Academy. Eight additional players were selected by USA Baseball scouts at the Women’s Hall of Fame Classic in Kenosha, WI. Those eight players joined the 18 players already invited to the Final Trials in Compton.
Stacy Piagno - IBAF III Women's Baseball World Cup 2008 - Compton, California - Final Trial Roster - For 2008 USA Baseball invited 18 players to the Final Trials in Compton, California from August 16-20 at the MLB Urban Youth Academy. Eight additional players were selected by USA Baseball scouts at the Women’s Hall of Fame Classic in Kenosha, WI. Those eight players joined the 18 players already invited to the Final Trials in Compton.
For Wilson, Romano Is Striking in Many Ways By Josh Barr and Preston Williams, Washington Post Staff Writers - Friday, April 10, 2009; Page D07 "Standing on the track surrounding the football field, Della Romano looked like the rest of her Wilson High teammates at practice this week. Hat pulled low, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants, Romano grasped a five-pound weight in each hand and did a variety of exercises. Romano and her teammates are different in one basic area -- she is believed to be the only girl in the Washington area playing varsity baseball -- but she has been playing with the boys so long that it simply seems natural..." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040904274.html (Requires free washingtonpost.com subscription)
Despite growing up playing softball all of her life, when Rodman saw a commercial for women’s baseball tryouts, she jumped at the opportunity to broaden her horizons and gave it a go. Now, seven years later, Rodman has continuously dedicated all of her free time to playing this new game that she loves so much...
Caravel Coach, Kristin Caldwell providing one answer to the question, "What I did during summer vacation", beside coaching her Lady Bucs at Summer League. She pitches in the Philadelphia Women's Baseball League (not softball). In August, she will join the USA National Women's Team and play a tournament or two overseas. In 2004, Kristin was ranked the Number 1 female baseball pitcher in the world! From: http://www.delawaregirlsbasketball.com/2008/summerleague/pics.htm
Fullerton Museum Center - Line Drives and Lipstick - Sarah Strohl - Jan 24, 2009 - with Janelle Freese-Khramov. Sarah Strohl is headed to the Phoenix Cup 2009 as a member of the North American Liberty Bells - Hong Kong Baseball Association - China - February 14-17, 2009
Fullerton Museum Center - Line Drives and Lipstick - Sarah Strohl - Jan 24, 2009
Fullerton Museum Center - Line Drives and Lipstick - Sarah Strohl - Jan 24, 2009 -Sarah is standing in front of a case containing Janelle Freese-Khramov jersey and award for her excellence in pitching for the Los Angeles Legends.
Google presents Life Magazine: August 22, 1955: Mary Waitman (LF), the only girl on baseball team. Location: Kemp, TX, US Date taken: July 1955 Photographer: Joseph Scherschel
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