The MLB is going to invest in an upcoming women’s softball league in the wake of a rise in the prominence of women’s sports in the U.S. According to an article on the MLB’s website about its backing ...

The explosion of popularity in U.S. women’s sports has led Major League Baseball to an obvious conclusion: It’s time to invest in softball so that it can eventually reap the financial rewards. Unlike ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Milwaukee native Yaz Rodriguez grew up watching her brothers playing baseball while her father tossed her a ball in friendly games of catch. “When I was able to play in middle ...

For most baseball fans, hope springs eternal on Opening Day. Many of those fans – more than you might think – are women. The number of women working professionally in baseball has also grown. Kim Ng ...

Major League Baseball is investing in a new women's professional softball league, Commissioner Robert Manfred announced Thursday on "CBS Mornings." The partnership with the Athletes Unlimited Softball ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Since its inception, baseball has always had a place for female athletes. In fact, colleges and universities had women’s teams as far back as the 1860's.

The Women’s Professional Baseball League announced plans last month to launch in 2026 as a six-team circuit for female players. For nearly every highlight of Julie Croteau’s trailblazing baseball ...

A vacancy in America's pastime could soon be filled, as it was announced in October that a new baseball league for women is on the horizon. The Women's Professional Baseball League (WPBL) is currently ...

In 2019, Jean Fruth, an official photographer for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, published her first baseball photography book, “Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin.” The book pointed its ...

The Women's Professional Baseball League has chosen New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco as the cities that will represent the four teams that will compete in the inaugural season, the ...