California, EE.UU /
The role of women in the world of baseball has taken on great importance in the last five years, since more and more women are taking important positions within different teams in the different leagues in the world, but, in addition to this, each time with plus the women who are taken into account to play baseball in a professional way.
Good news was released in the world of baseball on Thursday afternoon, because according to reports from Baseball For All, a non-profit association that seeks to give girls and women of various ages the opportunity to play baseball, announced that from March 19 to 22 four teams will meet at the MLB Urban Youth Academy en Compton to compete in the inaugural tournament of the Women’s Varsity Club Baseball Championship.
BASEBALL HISTORY IN THE MAKING: For the first time in 100+ years, women’s collegiate baseball teams will have the chance to play against other women.
4 teams will compete at the inaugural BFA Women’s College Club Baseball Championships this month #whm https://t.co/RLXKsWOGFI
— Baseball For All (@baseballfor_all) March 2, 2022
The universities that will participate in this first event are: Montclair State University, California State University Fullerton, Occidental College, and Washington State University. The teams will participate in a Round Robin where each will play three games and the one with the most wins will take home the trophy.
As part of the activities of the event, the academy of Los Angeles Dodgers in Redondo Beach, he extended an invitation to each of the teams to meet with players from the Original All-American Women’s Professional Baseball League, Maybelle Blair and Shirley Burkovich.
This historic tournament will take place during Women’s History Month, marking the first time in over 100 years that women in college baseball will have the opportunity to compete with other women’s college baseball teams.
Baseball For All surgió gracias a Justine Siegal, who at age 13 was rejected to play baseball because she was a woman, but she worked hard and followed her dreams until she became the first woman in baseball history to coach a professional team. After this, she paved the way for other women who today are not only coaches but managers in the Major League system. Seventh Entry.
