Maddy Freking is the latest in a long line of girls determined to play ball.
— Read on www.sbnation.com/2019/8/20/20812050/maddy-freking-little-league-world-series-history

Two county residents recently played in an all-girls baseball tournament.
— Read on www.capitalgazette.com/sports/ac-cs-baseball-for-all-girls-tournament-0820-20190819-iny43b6usbehzaxihu2lt4g5uy-story.html

Canada defeats Nicaragua in women’s World Cup qualifier

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico — Amanda Asay reached base four times and hit a three-run triple to help Canada beat Nicaragua, 19-2, in a mercy-rule shortened round-robin game at a women’s baseball World Cup qualifying tournament.
— Read on www.thespec.com/sports-story/9557244-tuesday-s-sport-briefs/

Mountain View High School graduate Megan Baltzell homered on Sunday as the USA Baseball Women’s National Team routed Venezuela 15-5 in its opening game of the 2019 COPABE Women’s Pan-American
— Read on www.fredericksburg.com/content/tncms/live/

Mexican pitcher Rosy del Castillo didn’t allow any hits or runs — and surrendered just one walk — against the Nicaraguan National Women’s Baseball Team, which is also making its international debut.
— Read on www.wbsc.org/mexico-debuts-womens-baseball-team-with-no-hitter-at-pan-am-championship/

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico — Amanda Asay reached base four times and hit a three-run triple to help Canada beat Nicaragua 19-2 in a mercy-rule shortened round-robin game at a women’s baseball World Cup qualifying tournament.
— Read on www.kamloopsmatters.com/national-sports/canada-defeats-nicaragua-in-womens-baseball-world-cup-qualifier-1647920

Maddy Freking Becomes 1st Girl To Pitch In Little League World Series Since Mo’ne Davis | HuffPost
— Read on m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5d5a9912e4b0eb875f26baf2

The 12-year-old has become a national star in a matter of days.
— Read on bringmethenews.com/

Maddy Freking became the sixth girl to pitch at the Little League World Series on Sunday and more than held her own on the mound.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/llws/2019/08/18/little-league-world-series-maddy-freking-pitches-minnesota-mone-davis/2046698001/

Meet the woman (yes, woman!) who is curating the best of baseball’s history for the Louisville Slugger Museum, an iconic and world-renowned landmark. Welcome Bailey Mazik as our newest FACE of Louisville.
— Read on styleblueprint.com/louisville/everyday/meet-bailey-mazik-of-the-louisville-slugger-museum-and-factory/

United States will face Japan in the final of the World Baseball
Softball Confederation Women’s Under-19 Softball World Cup after they
both claimed big wins in Irvine.
— Read on www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1083564/us-japan-into-womens-u19-softball-final

Spruce Grove sisters make national baseball team
— Read on beta.canada.com/sports/local-sports/spruce-grove-sisters-make-national-baseball-team/wcm/9c6e6672-da1c-4226-8002-baf87b35f81a/amp/

FLORENCE, S.C. -– Baseball continues to take Anya Bergfeld places.
— Read on www.scnow.com/content/tncms/live/

Project Play, an initiative of the Aspen Institute, helps stakeholders
build healthy communities through sports. Every child in America should
have quality access to sports.
— Read on www.aspenprojectplay.org/

Longtime national team star feels the progress has plateaued in recent years and wants to change that.
— Read on www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2019/08/16/canadas-ashley-stephenson-hoping-to-push-womens-baseball-forward-from-the-coaching-box.html

Last published in 1996, the disappearance of The Baseball Encyclopedia — which led to the advent of Field Of Dreams — is a mystery even to those who worked on it.
— Read on www.baseballamerica.com/stories/whatever-happened-to-the-baseball-encyclopedia/

Canada looks for berth into baseball World Cup at the Women’s Pan Am Baseball Championship
— Read on www.trailtimes.ca/sports/fruitvales-allison-schroder-to-play-for-team-canada-in-womens-world-cup-qualifier/

The Saskatchewan U21 Women’s Baseball team has returned from the Women’s Invitational Championships in Ottawa,…
— Read on northeastnow.com/2019/08/15/two-nipawin-girls-playing-a-role-in-a-developing-saskatchewan-u21-baseball-team/

Fueled by a passion for helping athletes, Amanda Lee is the 1st female trainer in the M’s organization.
— Read on www.heraldnet.com/sports/aquasox-female-athletic-trainer-breaking-down-barriers/

Good Trouble’s Emma Hunton speaks with The Advocate about queering the beloved story in the Unauthorized Musical Parody of A League of Their Own. 
— Read on www.advocate.com/theater/2019/8/15/league-their-own-gets-queer-retelling-90s-audiences-craved

The 12-year-old is the second baseman for Minnesota’s Coon Rapids-Andover team.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/15/meet-maddy-freking-first-girl-little-league-world-series-since-mone-davis/

But what about America’s pastime? Girls’ baseball programs flourish abroad, but women’s baseball struggles in its American birthplace. Why is baseball the exception?
— Read on www.washingtonblade.com/2019/08/15/why-girls-baseball-is-important/

Per A.J. Richard:

Aug. 27th the Knights will feature their 3rd Annual Women in Baseball Night including Anna Kimbrell of the USA Women’s Baseball Team and legend Jean Faut who played in the AAGPBL, the real life A League of Their Own.

Charlotte Knights single game tickets are available at charlotteknights.com. Game highlights, ticket offers, promotions and more. Get your Knights tickets today!
— Read on www.milb.com/charlotte-knights/tickets/single-game-tickets

Charlotte Knights – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Knights

Lyndhurst’s Jorge earns spot on Team USA baseball squad – The Observer Online
— Read on www.theobserver.com/2019/08/lyndhursts-jorge-earns-spot-on-team-usa-baseball-squad/

The Coon Rapids player is the first girl since Mo’ne Davis to make it to the Little League World Series. There have been 19 LLWS girls ever.
— Read on usatodayhss.com/2019/coon-rapids-minnesota-maddy-freking-is-the-first-girl-little-league-baseball-player-since-mone-davis

Little League World Series games regularly outpace regular season MLB games in terms of TV ratings, and is entrenched as one of the summer’s great sporting spectacles.
— Read on www.baseballamerica.com/stories/how-the-little-league-world-series-became-one-of-summers-most-watched-sporting-events/

Dr. Lewis First breaks down when coed competition is and is not recommended for your child.
— Read on www.mynbc5.com/article/first-with-kids-the-game-plan-for-coed-sports/28690935

Women’s cricket joins Commonwealth Games as boycott threat looms over shooting – OlympicTalk
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/08/13/womens-cricket-joins-commonwealth-games-as-boycott-threat-looms-over-shooting/amp/

Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.
— Read on tht.fangraphs.com/the-stop-and-start-history-of-womens-baseball/

Accused men everywhere are suing over due process. “If you’re found responsible for sexual misconduct at a university in America, your future is arguably over,” said one attorney.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/campus-men-were-punished-over-metoo-allegations-now-theyre-suing

The movie showing will start at 6 p.m. at Prairie Street Brewhouse and kick off the Penny Marshall Celebration in September.
— Read on wrex.com/category/2019/08/12/chicago-based-pastry-chef-to-make-peach-cupcakes-for-penny-marshall-celebration/

The pair are the first all-women broadcast team to call a professional baseball game.
— Read on www.13abc.com/content/news/Minor-league-baseball-team-makes-history-with-all-female-broadcast-team-537617791.html

Mountain View graduate Megan Baltzell made the cut.
— Read on www.fredericksburg.com/content/tncms/live/

A new study from Cornell University concludes that a STEM class with fewer students lowers anxiety and fosters a greater sense of belonging for women.
— Read on theswaddle.com/stem-women-class-size/

Creating and sustaining your own business is hard work. Self-education can be incredibly powerful — it can really pay off to read the stories and wisdom of entrepreneurs who are willing to share their knowledge.
— Read on www.forbes.com/sites/serenitygibbons/2019/08/12/the-best-books-for-women-entrepreneurs/

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2019 Little League World Series, including an updated bracket, the full game schedule and how to watch live on TV and stream online.
— Read on www.sportingnews.com/us/baseball/news/little-league-world-series-2019-schedule-bracket-dates-live-stream-llws-games/15q5ag9pweuse12unp2o1fdd9g

Welcome to MLB Community.
— Read on www.mlb.com/mlb-community/mlb-green

MLB player and Parley AIR pledger Chris Dickerson co-founded Players for
the Planet to merge environmentalism with athletics
— Read on www.parley.tv/updates/2018/3/27/good-sportmanship-environmental-stewardship

Planet Baseball – Our Mission
— Read on www.planet-baseball.com/mission

Filling the MLB All-Star Game with an All-Earth Roster: Recognizing Baseball’s Most Energy, Environment, and Climate Conscious Players | Chester Energy and Policy
— Read on chesterenergyandpolicy.com/2018/07/09/filling-the-mlb-all-star-game-with-an-all-earth-roster-recognizing-baseballs-most-energy-environment-and-climate-conscious-players/

“It’s definitely a life mission,” the Brewers’ Brent Suter said of his environmental advocacy.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/08/break-monotony-rehab-this-mlb-pitcher-set-out-save-planet/

Simone Biles | Official Website
— Read on www.simonebiles.com/

Simone Biles – Wikipedia
— Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Biles

USA Baseball announced the final 20-woman roster for the 2019 Women’s National Team on Sunday. Following training, the Women’s National Team will compete in the COPABE Women’s Pan-American Championships from August 18-25 in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
— Read on www.usabaseball.com/news/usa-baseball-announces-2019-womens-national-team-roster/c-309893112

The USSF named Kate Markgraf to be the first GM of the USWNT and also promoted Earnie Stewart to be the Federation’s first sporting director.
— Read on www.espn.com/soccer/united-states/story/3919581/markgraf-named-uswnts-1st-general-manager

The USA Baseball Women’s National Team begins training for the 2019 COPABE Women’s Pan-American Championships with a scrimmage against the Texas Dirtbags on Monday at 4:00 p.m. CT in Carrollton, Texas.
— Read on www.usabaseball.com/news/womens-national-team-takes-on-dirtbags-in-scrimmage/c-309910606

» Pitchers vs. Swimmers
— Read on ericcressey.com/pitchers-vs-swimmers

Jessica Mendoza was absent from ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball Tonight. Apparently, she got into an accident before the weekend.
— Read on thespun.com/more/sports-media/jessica-mendoza-accident-espn-sunday-night-baseball-tonight

Ellie and Carrie Jespersen have been playing baseball their entire lives with one goal in mind: to wear the maple leaf and play for Team Canada on the world stage.
— Read on globalnews.ca/news/5744965/spruce-grove-sisters-canada-women-baseball/