The Women’s Pro Baseball League has announced its inaugural four teams, including Boston, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, as it prepares for its first season starting in the spring.The league was announced last year and will feature two teams on the East Coast and two on the West Coast, chosen for their fan support, media presence and baseball histories. The team names have not yet been announced. These will be the first women’s professional baseball teams in Boston and New York. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, made famous through the movie “A League of Their Own,” was based in the Midwest, and other leagues excluded the Northeast.The season will include four weeks of regular season play, a week for all-star competitions and two weeks of postseason play. Each team will play twice a week, with games running seven innings and batters using aluminum bats. Players will receive accommodations paid for by the teams and will be compensated per game.The WPBL joins the Boston Fleet in the PWHL and Boston Legacy FC in the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League, contributing to a growing professional women’s sports scene in Boston. The inaugural draft is next month, and the league starts playing in May.
The Women’s Pro Baseball League has announced its inaugural four teams, including Boston, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, as it prepares for its first season starting in the spring.
The league was announced last year and will feature two teams on the East Coast and two on the West Coast, chosen for their fan support, media presence and baseball histories.
The team names have not yet been announced.
These will be the first women’s professional baseball teams in Boston and New York. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, made famous through the movie “A League of Their Own,” was based in the Midwest, and other leagues excluded the Northeast.
The season will include four weeks of regular season play, a week for all-star competitions and two weeks of postseason play. Each team will play twice a week, with games running seven innings and batters using aluminum bats.
Players will receive accommodations paid for by the teams and will be compensated per game.
The WPBL joins the Boston Fleet in the PWHL and Boston Legacy FC in the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League, contributing to a growing professional women’s sports scene in Boston.
The inaugural draft is next month, and the league starts playing in May.
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