Chante Adams, known for her roles in “Roxanne, Roxanne” and “The Photograph,” Chante Adams has been tapped to star in a re-imagining of the classic film “A League Of Their Own.”
— Read on madamenoire.com/1134115/chante-adams-a-league-of-their-own/

Minnesota Twins announced first 30 scheduled theme nights for the 2020 regular season at Target Field.
— Read on wccoradio.radio.com/articles/news/twins-announce-first-30-theme-nights-for-2020-season

George Krevsky Gallery represents contemporary artists including Stacey Carter, Barry Gifford, Eric Grbich, Mervin Jules, Ken Kalman, David Lyle, Arthur K. Miller, Toby Tover, .
— Read on www.georgekrevskygallery.com/dynamic/exhibit_detail.asp

The Boy Scouts of America has $1.4 billion in assets. The organization says it will use the Chapter 11 process to create a trust to provide compensation for victims.
— Read on www.npr.org/2020/02/18/806721827/boy-scouts-of-america-files-for-bankruptcy-as-it-faces-hundreds-of-sex-abuse-cla

Meet The Humboldt Park Gators, Chicago’s Only All-Girls Baseball Team – Block Club Chicago
— Read on blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/13/meet-the-humboldt-park-gators-chicagos-only-all-girls-baseball-team/

Seventeen-year-old catcher Madison Femia, from Geneva, Ill., has had an opportunity to play with some of the country’s best players in girls baseball via MLB’s Trailblazers Series and Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series. Now she’s excited that other girls get to do the same.
Femia was among 30 girls
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-grit-girls-id-tour-wraps-in-chicago

The day begins at 9 a.m. in Chase Field with the “Baseball Day Arizona Girls Play Ball Clinic.” Open to girls ages 9-12, it’s a free Arizona Diamondbacks outreach initiative that promotes empowering girls and young women to get involved in the sport of baseball. Girls can sign up to participate at http://www.dbacks.com/girlsplayball.
— Read on www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/second-annual-baseball-day-arizona-set-for-may-2nd

Alexia Jorge was 3 years old when she started playing baseball. When her father needed one more player for her 5-year-old brother’s T-ball team, he turned to his daughter, not knowing where it might lead.
Once Jorge started, there was no stopping her. From T-ball to
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-grit-makes-stop-in-new-york

For the past several years, female high school athletes and their families across the country have been waking up to a growing reality: boys that identify as girls who want to compete against them.

— Read on www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2020/february/there-are-biological-differences-between-males-and-females-girl-athletes-fight-for-fair-playing-field

Eve Rosenbaum joined SABR at 13, played in the Eastern Women’s Baseball Conference, interned with the Red Sox and graduated from Harvard. It all led to the Bethesda native becoming the Orioles’ director of baseball development.
— Read on www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-eve-rosenbaum-20200214-f7nzucklpnfunf6kzjupccfcfy-story.html

United Photo Industries is raising funds for We, Women: A Visual Rebellion on Kickstarter!

Help build the largest social impact photo art project by womxn in the USA, fueling action on urgent issues of our time.
— Read on www.kickstarter.com/projects/upi/we-women-a-visual-rebellion

City of Ballarat encourages women and girls to participate in baseball – Australasian Leisure Management
— Read on www.ausleisure.com.au/news/city-of-ballarat-encourages-women-and-girls-to-participate-in-baseball/

History is now in the books for Cape Coral High School’s Sophia Mathewson who became the first girl to play varsity baseball in school history. 
— Read on www.abc-7.com/story/41689754/junior-becomes-first-girl-to-play-varsity-baseball-in-cape-coral-high-school-history

The Little League World Series began in 1947. Since that time, there have been only 19 girls in the series. While that number seems shockingly low, it provides a clear picture of the disparaging lack of women in baseball. Girls can often play baseball when they’re younger, in a little league team. But, it seems […]
— Read on baseballreflections.com/2020/02/10/providing-opportunities-for-women-to-shine-in-baseball/

Learn from seven cities that are leading the way with data-driven approaches to guide park investments, engage communities, and build better parks for all.
— Read on cityparksalliance.org/equitable-park-funding/

USA Baseball announced the recipients of its annual organizational awards on Tuesday, recognizing the top athletes, coaches and performances from its 2019 USA Baseball national teams.
— Read on www.usabaseball.com/news/2019-organizational-award-winners-announced/c-312238186

USA Baseball announced the coaching staff for the 2020 Women’s National Team on Tuesday, highlighted by the return of 2019 USA Baseball Rod Dedeaux Coach of the Year and five-time Team USA alum, Veronica Alvarez, as the manager. The remaining members of the coaching staff from 2019 will also return to lead the program in 2020 with Reynol Mendoza serving as the team’s pitching coach and Manny Crespo, Sr. and Alex Oglesby as assistant coaches.
— Read on www.usabaseball.com/news/usa-baseball-announces-2020-womens-national-team-staff/c-312640226

Women’s National Open 2020 in USA Baseball
— Read on usabaseball.leagueapps.com/events/1482670-womens-national-open-2020

2020 Trailblazer Series (Application) in MLB / USA Baseball Development Programs
— Read on www.mlbyouthplayerdevelopment.com/events/1523338-2020-trailblazer-series-application

MiLB FIELD Program | MiLB.com
— Read on www.milb.com/about/field-program

SF’s Nakken embraces role as first MLB female coach – The Seattle Times
— Read on www-seattletimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.seattletimes.com/sports/sfs-nakken-embraces-role-as-first-mlb-female-coach/

A League of Her Own | Fresno Grizzlies News
— Read on www.milb.com/fresno/news/a-league-of-her-own/c-312658286

Las Vegas Ballpark is hosting a batting practice for Girl Scouts on Thursday and baseball stars Kris Bryant and Amir Garrett will be at the event.
— Read on www.ktnv.com/positivelylv/mlbs-kris-bryant-amir-garrett-to-attended-girl-scouts-batting-practice-at-las-vegas-ballpark

The San Francisco Giants hired Alyssa Nakken MA ’15 on Jan. 16 as the first female full-time assistant coach in Major League Baseball history. “I’m so proud to see USF sport management alumna Alyssa Nakken selected for this coaching role,” said Associate Professor Nola Agha, of the sport management program, on Twitter. “She’s an exemplary human both on and off the field and the Giants are lucky to have her in their clubhouse.”
— Read on www.usfca.edu/news/alyssa-nakken

Catching up with former Little League World Series star Mo’ne Davis, who starts her college softball career on Saturday for Hampton University.
— Read on www.sbnation.com/2020/2/6/21126531/mone-davis-college-softball-hampton

The astronaut spent 328 days aboard the International Space Station, which has been occupied continuously for 20 years.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/06/nasa-astronaut-christina-koch/

[Does this article confirm MLB is helping bolster softball ranks rather than build enough critical mass to form girls and women’s baseball opportunities along side of or included with boys and men?]

In 2020, MLB is running various development initiatives designed to increase accessibility and growth within youth/amateur baseball and softball.
— Read on www.frntofficesport.com/mlb-youth-outreach/

[Deja vu all over again…]

As the only girl on her high school baseball squad during her formative teenage years, Justice Alcantar sometimes felt like she was a part of the team, but in some ways, she also felt like an outsider.
The Bay Area native felt welcomed and appreciated by her coach, but as
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-national-girls-women-in-sports-day-events

In a landmark moment, Vanderbilt University Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente announced today that Candice Storey Lee, a former standout student-athlete and three-time graduate of the university, has been named interim vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and interim athletic director, effective immediately.
— Read on news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/02/04/candice-lee-ad/

Who Rule the World?
— Read on www.srqmagazine.com/articles/1298/Who Rule the World

As the Super Bowl played out on Sunday in South Florida, a couple of hours up the road, approximately 20 youth baseball players were putting together their own kind of big hits at another famous venue.
And they were all girls.
“This is great, not a
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-grit-girls-id-tour-vero-beach

The Paris Review editor has crafted a panoramic portrait, centered on multiple characters in chapters numbered as innings.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/

Hopes, dreams and having fun.
Those were the basic elements of the celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day staged Saturday by Major League Baseball at the MLB Youth Academy at Wesley Barrow Stadium.
A morning MLB Play Ball event for boys and girls age
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/play-ball-clinic-stirs-new-orleans-youth

The coronavirus has not reached Guam, but the effects of its scare certainly have and it has affected the island sports community.
— Read on www.postguam.com/content/tncms/live/

How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Ep. 350 Update) – Freakonomics Freakonomics
— Read on freakonomics.com/podcast/sports-ep-2-update/

Congress has delivered its first pitch in an effort to keep alive 42 minor league baseball teams that are threatened with extinction under a current proposal by Major League Baseball.
— Read on www.bdtonline.com/content/tncms/live/

Alyssa Lee may be a 16-year old, but when she explains why she was out on a cool morning showing off her baseball skills, it’s the same answer you’ll get from anyone who plays the game, male or female.
“This is what I love to do,” Lee
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-grit-tour-southern-california

Major League Baseball (MLB) has been revealed as the sponsor of USA
Softball’s nationwide tour, entitled “Stand Beside Her”.
— Read on www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1089640/mlb-sponsor-us-softball-nationwide-tour

Kaija Bazzano is the only girl on her varsity baseball team at Analy High School in Sebastopol, Calif. She’s used to being one of the guys. On Saturday, she didn’t have to be.
Bazzano was one of approximately 40 girls who gathered at West Sunset Diamond to
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/mlb-grit-girls-tour-begins-in-san-francisco

Women Wanted: Davos edition – POLITICO
— Read on www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2020/01/24/women-wanted-davos-edition-488148

You guys know that girls can play hardball, too, right?
— Read on dealbreaker.com/

Alyssa Nakken has made history. The former three-time all-conference player for Sacramento State softball will become the first full-time female assistant coach in MLB history, as she joins the San Francisco Giants staff.
— Read on www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2020-01-17/former-sacramento-state-softball-star-alyssa-nakken-becomes-first

Players from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, like Englewood’s Sue Parsons Zipay, will be honored at Ted Williams Museum event at the Trop.
— Read on www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2020/01/24/these-female-baseball-players-were-in-a-league-of-their-own/

  When West Los Angeles College takes the field at its first home game on Friday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m., there will be the typical new season excitement, the usual parents and friends in the stands, and something very unusual — a female player. This year, the Wildcats are one of the few collegiate […]
— Read on www.culvercitynews.org/culver-city-high-school-boys-varsity-soccer-team-has-set-the-table/

Major League Baseball is using its financial muscle to support the U.S. women’s softball team, which already is assured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics while the American men’s baseball team struggles to qualify.
— Read on www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28545124/major-league-baseball-sponsor-us-olympic-softball-team

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She is one of a few women coaching on a professional men’s sports team.
— Read on thehill.com/changing-america/respect/lgbtq/479113-san-francisco-49ers-katie-sowers-first-openly-gay-person-to

Baseball is just coming around to adding women to coaching staffs, but this season will see one as a major-league assistant coach on the field in San Francisco Giants uniform.
— Read on www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorials-women-major-league-baseball-20200121-7djar5xp35afjhua3udfeu3qje-story.html

2020 MLB Grit in MLB / USA Baseball Development Programs

2020 MLB Grit Baseball · Female Breakthrough Series

MLB Grit

If you have not already registered, you still have the opportunity to sign up for any of the five events. Please follow the links below to complete registration:

San Francisco – Saturday, January 25, 2020 – 9am– West Sunset Diamonds

http://www.mlbyouthplayerdevelopment.com/events/1476391-2020-mlb-grit-san-francisco

Compton – Sunday, January 26, 2020 – 10:30am – MLB Youth Academy

http://www.mlbyouthplayerdevelopment.com/events/1476397-2020-mlb-grit-compton

Vero Beach – Sunday, February 2, 2020 – 1:30pm– Jackie Robinson Training Complex

http://www.mlbyouthplayerdevelopment.com/events/1476403-2020-mlb-grit-vero-beach

Chicago – Saturday, February 15, 2020 – 9am – UIC Indoor Baseball Facility

http://www.mlbyouthplayerdevelopment.com/events/1476430-2020-mlb-grit-chicago

New York (Port Chester) – Saturday, February 15, 2020 – 3pm – Warrior Baseball Academy

http://www.mlbyouthplayerdevelopment.com/events/1476409-2020-mlb-grit-new-york

National Girls and Women in Sports Day

We will be hosting a Play Ball event and a combined baseball and softball clinic at the New Orleans MLB Youth Academy on Saturday, February 1, 2020. The Play Ball event is intended for all kids ages 4-12 and will take place from 9-11am. The clinic will follow for girls ages 12-18 and will begin at 12:00pm. If you are in the New Orleans area, we would love to see you at the event! Below are the registration links:

Play Ball Event: https://mlbplayball.leagueapps.com/events/1483423-national-girls–women-in-sports-day-play-ball-event

Baseball and Softball Clinic: https://mlbplayball.leagueapps.com/events/1477078-national-girls–womens-sports-day-clinic—new-orleans

Trailblazer Series

The application will open either at the end of this month or in early February. You will receive an email once it is open. Please save all inquiries until then as many questions will be addressed in that communication.

Elite Development Invitational and Breakthrough Series

The applications for these events will open in the late spring. Again, please save inquiries until then as many questions will be addressed in that communication.

2020 MLB Grit in MLB / USA Baseball Development Programs

2020 MLB Grit Baseball · Female Breakthrough Series