U.S. Soccer and the 28 women’s national team players who have sued the federation over pay equity and other workplace issues have agreed to mediation.
— Read on www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-us-soccer-uswnt-pay-dispute-mediation-20190622-story.html

The picture for women is bleak in terms of team sports, despite the players’ talent and success.
— Read on www.forbes.com/sites/oliviaabrams/2019/06/23/why-female-athletes-earn-less-than-men-across-most-sports/

UConn basketball stands to benefit from the school’s move to the Big East. Football? Maybe not so much.
— Read on www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-sp-uconn-big-east-basketball-football-aac-espn-fox-20190623-20190623-jdcbgzno6vghvn6bati5skne7a-story.html

Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin delivered a powerful message in support of transforming the volunteer coach position into a third full-time assistant coach for college baseball.

[What a terrific opportunity to introduce women as Baseball coaches…]

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/vanderbilt-coach-tim-corbin-delivers-powerful-message-in-support-of-a-third-full-time-assistant-coach-in-college-baseball/

Plan for Rays to play games in Montreal is strongest possible signal that baseball considers Montreal an entirely viable 21st century venue.
— Read on montrealgazette.com/sports/baseball/jack-todd-rays-proposal-shows-mlb-is-serious-about-montreal

Conway makes history in press box for Edenton Steamers – Daily Advance
— Read on www.dailyadvance.com/Sports/2019/06/22/Victoria-Conway-makes-history-in-press-box-for-Edenton-Steamers-as-first-female-play-by-play-announcer-Coastal-Plain-League-CPL-Hofstra-University.html

Sky Brown is a skate park prodigy, and next year she will try to become one of the youngest Olympians ever.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/06/21/sky-brown-skateboarder-olympics-great-britain/

For the love of the game | Citizen’s News
— Read on www.mycitizensnews.com/sports/2019/06/for-the-love-of-the-game-2/

Michigan coaches call plays by calling out a three-digit code listed on players’ belt and arm bands.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/06/21/michigan-baseball-players-wear-giant-belt-buckles-its-not-fashion-statement/

Coach Erik Bakich has said he wanted the demographics of his team to reflect those of the United States.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/06/21/michigan-baseball-recruited-racially-diverse-roster-now-its-college-world-series/

Former Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley cut the ribbon on a brand new youth baseball field in Allentown Thursday.
— Read on 6abc.com/sports/chase-utley-unveils-new-youth-baseball-field-in-allentown/5354825/

Lydia R. Diamond’s new play is set on the diamond, telling the hard-hitting story of the first female pro baseball player.
— Read on www.americantheatre.org/2019/06/20/a-team-effort-to-put-toni-stone-up-to-bat/

Fielding a diverse team that “looks like the United States of America,” the Wolverines could pull off a shocking College World Series title.
— Read on www.ozy.com/the-huddle/how-michigan-breaks-the-college-baseball-mold/95109

The Atlanta Braves release an awesome ad celebrating their female fans
— Read on www.12up.com/posts/video-braves-release-awesome-ad-celebrating-female-atlanta-fans-01ddtrdtkbcw

Lydia R. Diamond’s fine fact-based new play profiles an amazing athlete and trailblazer
— Read on www.thewrap.com/toni-stone-theater-review-baseball-lydia-diamond/

The Navy made history when it announced Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield will become the first female president of the U.S. Naval War College.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/06/17/us-naval-war-college-names-first-female-president-shoshana-chatfield/1475809001/

Women’s soccer rosters around the world are sprinkled with athletes who have been shaped by NCAA competition.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/06/18/womens-world-cup-rosters-global-impact-title-ix-is-clear/

Maryland girls briefly get wish – an elite baseball (not softball!) team of their own – Baltimore Sun
— Read on www.baltimoresun.com/sports/mlb/bs-sp-girls-baseball-20190614-story.html

Baseball Is For Girls, Too: Tess Davenport Hopes Other Hardball Enthusiasts Follow Her Overhand Pitching Path | The Newtown Bee
— Read on www.newtownbee.com/baseball-girls-too-tess-davenport-hopes-other-hardball-enthusiasts-follow-her-overhand-pitching

Information and online registration for college-based youth baseball camp and training programs across the USA.
— Read on collegebaseballcamps.com/

Nearly a third of beavers, cubs and scouts are now female after Baden Powell’s boy-only rule was dropped in 2007
— Read on www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/16/girls-join-scouts-in-record-numbers-beavers-cubs

A rear admiral who began her career as a helicopter pilot has been named the next president of the US Naval War College, the first woman to fill that role, the secretary of the Navy announced Friday.
— Read on www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/15/us/president-naval-war-college-woman-trnd/index.html

THE first woman to walk on the moon will almost certainly come from a shortlist of current female astronauts.
— Read on www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/785757/nasa-moon-mission-female-astronauts-artemis-2024

Petition · Reestablish Women’s Baseball at the Panam Games Restablecer el béisbol femenino · Change.org
— Read on www.change.org/p/panam-sports-organization-reestablish-women-s-baseball-at-the-panam-games

Girls baseball is an old thing that is a relatively new thing. New England Girls Baseball is for 5-10 year old girls who want to play baseball.
— Read on www.negirlsbaseball.com/granite-hammer-seacoast/

Girls Baseball – RYBL
— Read on rybl.com/girls-baseball/

50: World Series Champs Houston Astros Int’l Scouting Manager, Eve Rosenbaum – Time4Coffee
— Read on time4coffee.org/50-2017-world-series-champs-houston-astros-intl-scouting-manager-eve-rosenbaum/

The presidential candidate outlines plans to provide capital to 100,000 new minority-owned businesses.
— Read on techcrunch.com/2019/06/14/vcs-are-failing-diverse-founders-elizabeth-warren-wants-to-step-in/

Sixteen years after the death of his only son, the former Super Bowl winner and ESPN analyst has traded in his cushy lifestyle for 20-hour days at a small Tennessee high school.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/06/13/why-is-trent-dilfer-coaching-high-school-football-one-reason-is-son-he-lost/

Sallie Krawcheck — once a Wall Street executive, now an advocate for women investing — on how women can get their fair share.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/business/sallie-krawcheck-gender-gaps.html

She’s been raising eyebrows on Columbia’s baseball (note: not softball) diamonds for years. This weekend, Abby Hay, a Rock Bridge freshman-to-be, will show Major League Baseball what she can do.
— Read on www.columbiamissourian.com/content/tncms/live/

This week, local and state arts leader Omari Rush and WEMU’s Lisa Barry talk with an Ann Arbor artist who uses multiple forms of art to create prints of
— Read on www.wemu.org/post/art-soul-visual-arts-ann-arbor-artist-creates-historic-negro-league-baseball-player-art

Sara Paretsky takes issue with a roundup in our Summer Reading issue. And other features provoke responses from various correspondents.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/books/review/have-women-writers-really-been-boxed-out-of-the-thriller-world.html

MLB’s Breakthrough Series offers three area players a chance to improve their game and get exposure to U.S. national team, college recruiters
— Read on www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/For-girls-baseball-a-field-of-dreams-for-13991346.php

Get ready once again as Southern California youngsters prepare for the baseball tournaments leading to the 2019 Little League World Series.
— Read on www.calisportsnews.com/socal-little-league-tournaments-return/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8hXkJyKtghlW-TfW8uiInw

Abby Steffen, Sweetwater Valley’s First Female All-Star – CaliSports News
— Read on www.calisportsnews.com/abby-steffen-sweetwater-valleys-first-female-all-star/

2019 Fall Ball
2019 BASEBALL AND GIRLS SOFTBALL FALL BALL SEASON

FALL REGISTRATION UPDATE

Early registration for Fall 2019 baseball and softball is now open.
— Read on www.sfll.org/fallball

The Auburn community is still mourning the loss of treasured community members, but the Tigers’ trip to the College World Series is lifting spirits.
— Read on www.wtvm.com/2019/06/12/auburns-baseball-success-boosts-morale-community-after-month-tragedy/

Berkshire Baseball Player Chosen for MLB Breakthrough Series
— Read on rdgmag.com/sports/berkshire-baseball-player-chosen-for-mlb-breakthrough-series/

Just What The Doctor Ordered: Sox Head Physician Breaks Major League Baseball Barriers – CBS Chicago
— Read on chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/12/just-what-the-doctor-ordered-sox-head-physician-breaks-major-league-baseball-barriers/

REDMOND, Wash. — “A League of Their Own” was released in 1992 and depicted a group of women who broke barriers playing baseball during WWII. Nearly 30 years later, there are two sisters who may have been too young for the movie but are living their own version of the story.
— Read on q13fox.com/2019/06/12/redmond-twins-breaking-down-barriers-for-girls-who-want-to-play-baseball/

Less than 1 percent of high school baseball players nationwide last season were girls.
— Read on www.inquirer.com/high-school-sports/pennsylvania/bartram-shortstop-janiya-victor-first-girl-philadelphia-high-school-baseball-20190612.html

ENGLEWOOD — While Sue Zipay hasn’t played baseball since 1954, the dream of girls playing in their own league hasn’t left her mind.
— Read on www.yoursun.com/content/tncms/live/

American Olympic hopeful Gabriele Grunewald dies at age 32 after battling cancer

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/06/12/us-olympic-hopeful-gabriele-grunewald-dies-32-after-battling-cancer/1429722001/

New CNY team tells girls: If you want to play baseball, here’s your home – syracuse.com
— Read on www.syracuse.com/sports/2019/06/cny-girls-team-up-to-find-fun-and-a-future-in-baseball-not-the-softer-game.html

While men’s baseball continues as a recognised sport under which DU aspirants can apply for admission under the 5% sports quota, women’s baseball was removed from the list this year.
— Read on indianexpress.com/article/education/sport-no-longer-recognised-for-sports-quota-womens-baseball-takes-a-hit-in-du-team-from-lakshmibai-most-worried-5774255/

https://www.marinij.com/2019/06/09/pilcher-varner-make-history-at-109th-dipsea-race/

Unconventional Roles for Women Aren’t Just Empowering, They’re Game Changers
— Read on creativescreenwriting.com/unconventional-roles-for-women-arent-just-empowering-theyre-game-changers/

Listen to Jennifer Ring, “Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball” (University of Illinois Press, 2009) from New Books in Sports in Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jennifer-ring-stolen-bases-why-american-girls-dont/id424705160?i=1000364258566